Russia has highest salary rate in CIS

Pravda, Russia
May 10 2004

Russia is the only one among the countries of the CIS with the highest
monthly salaries.

According to the CIS Committee of Statistics, average monthly salary
in Russia constitutes 6218 rubles (that is a bit more than $200 USD),
reports Gazeta.ru.

Kazakhstan is second with 5473-ruble average salary. Then goes
Belarus (3953 rubles), Ukraine with 2804-ruble salaries, Azerbaijan
(2588 rubles), Moldavia (2454 rubles) and Armenia (1927 rubles).
Tajikistan has the lowest average salary-516 rubles ($17 USD).

Growth of the actual monthly wages for the first quarter of the year
appeared to be as follows: Moldova-9%, Azerbaijan and Belarus-11%,
Kazakhstan-15%, Russia-18%, Armenia-19%, and Ukraine-23%. Tajikistan
has the highest growth rate-31%, informs the source.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS