The head of the Ministry of Interior announced a lack of money and asked the governors to contribute to the police budget.
The Ministry of the Interior has a difficult manpower situation due to a lack of money for salaries of employees, said the head of the department, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, at the meeting of the Federation Council. In this context, he called for the return of additional payments to police officers from the regional authorities - this practice existed until 2012. "I would be happy if this was enshrined in law," Kolokoltsev said.
According to him, quoted by TASS, "the problem is very serious." "You can clearly see the staffing situation in our department. It is not because of a good life that we are looking for different options, at least to bring the money saved to the workforce on a premium basis and here we will be happy to receive any support," Kolokoltsev noted.
The minister recalled the order of President Vladimir Putin to find additional funds to provide the police. However, judging by Kolokoltsev's words, regional support now depends on the will and capabilities of specific governors: additional payments are introduced, but not everywhere. At the same time, the head of the department emphasized that "the internal bodies exist mainly for the state and for society itself" and the result of their work depends on the level of funding.
בפברואר 2026 דיווח קולוקולצב על פיטורים המוניים ומחסור של 212 אלף עובדים. בין הסיבות הוא ציין משכורות נמוכות, עומס עבודה גבוה ובעיות דיור. לדבריו, שכרו של שוטר בשנת השירות הראשונה במוסקבה היה כ-90 אלף רובל - כמעט מחצית מהממוצע בבירה.
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