Yakutia pays additional salaries to Ministry of Internal Affairs employees; Yakutia is one of the first Russian regions where a special social payment was introduced for certain categories of Ministry of Internal Affairs workers. More than 1,200 people received a payment of 74,250 rubles in 2026. In Yakutia, police work under harsh climate, complex logistics and high workload. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev visited Yakutsk on October 27 and discussed support measures for police with the republic’s head, Eisen Nikolayev. Payments to patrol service workers, security service, state traffic inspectors, local police, traffic police inspectors, staff of the police department units in Yakutsk, as well as drivers of groups ensuring security measures and anti‑terror protection of Ministry of Internal Affairs facilities in Yakutsk were set by a decree of the republic’s head dated June 20239. In December 2025 the amounts were updated; in 2026, over 1,200 employees received payments.

Yakutia pays additional salaries to Ministry of Internal Affairs employees; Yakutia is one of the first Russian regions where a special social payment was introduced for certain categories of Ministry of Internal Affairs workers. More than 1,200 people received a payment of 74,250 rubles in 2026. In Yakutia, police work under harsh climate, complex logistics and high workload. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev visited Yakutsk on October 27 and discussed support measures for police with the republic’s head, Eisen Nikolayev. Payments to patrol service workers, security service, state traffic inspectors, local police, traffic police inspectors, staff of the police department units in Yakutsk, as well as drivers of groups ensuring security measures and anti‑terror protection of Ministry of Internal Affairs facilities in Yakutsk were set by a decree of the republic’s head dated June 20239. In December 2025 the amounts were updated; in 2026, over 1,200 employees received payments.