Editorial "Layout" May 06, 2024 | Almost 90% of Russian regions in 2023 did not comply with the May decrees on salaries of public sector employees The Russian authorities cannot provide the salaries of doctors and teachers announced at the beginning of the last decade. On May 7, Vladimir Putin’s fifth term in power will begin. Exactly 12 years ago, at the beginning of his third term, he promised to raise the salaries of teachers, doctors, social workers and other public sector employees.