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Keen to be seen sharing the public's economic pain, it was announced on Friday that President Putin had cut his own salary, as well as that of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and other high-ranking officials, by ten percent.
According to government documents released in 2014 cited by CNN, Putin's annual salary was nearly 3.7 million rubles last year -- worth about $61,000 today due to inflation. There are truck drivers in this country making more than that.
Maybe Peutin can come to the good ole US of A, Get a CDL and start driving a tractor trailer for Walmart.