Judges will increase salaries by a third

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order that provides for a phased increase by 30 percent of salaries of judges by 2017, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the press service of the government.

"The signed order provides for a phased increase in the size of the monthly cash incentives of judges of various levels by 0.3 officials of the judge of the corresponding level from 2014 to 2016 inclusive," the explanatory note to the document says.

To implement the order of the judicial department at the Supreme Court, more than 1.6 billion rubles will be allocated, the Supreme Court itself will receive 10.5 million rubles, another 11 million rubles will be sent to the Constitutional Court.

The order was implemented in accordance with the decrees of President Vladimir Putin, signed in May 2012, the press service emphasized.