The author of the Caver for the song Daft Punk, Major General Eliseev, became one of the highest paid employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation published data on the income of its employees for 2014, according to which the head of the Kazan Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Major General of the police, Foest Zinnurov, became the highest paid employee. For 12 months of last year, his earnings amounted to 30.8 million rubles. The head of the department Vladimir Kolokoltsev earned 14.6 million during this period, the documents published on the government website said.

3.2 million less - 11.4 million - over the past year received the head of the Federal Paths Committee of the Central Club of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Major General of the Internal Service, the Soviet and Russian choral conductor Viktor Eliseev. He gained popularity due to the setting of the clip, in which the employees of the ministry are performing a cover for the song Get Lucky of the French Daft Punk. The video posted on YouTube has already scored over six million views and almost 80 thousand "likes".

Also in the list of the richest employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were the deputy head of the Department of the Ministry of the Murmansk Region Colonel of the Internal Service Sergey Babenko. In 2014, he earned 10.1 million rubles.

The press center of the department explained that the most of the income - about 28 million rubles - received Most of the income by selling real estate, Interfax reports. As for Eliseev, he received more than 11 million thanks to his creative activity - in 2014, Major General became a laureate of the Grant of the President of the Russian Federation. Babenko, as explained in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, received half of the amount indicated in the documents in the order of inheritance of property of the mother.

The published income information "is redeveloped by the Office of the Organization of the Prevention of Corruption and other offenses of the Department of State Service and personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, there are no violations," the department’s website said .