Russia: March 4, 2002

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The government enacted a law that will pay military officers at the same rate as their civilian counterparts in the government. Russia, like most modern nations, has a "table of ranks" for government employees. But since the 1990s, the civilian officials of the same rank were paid more than their military equivalents. This has hurt officer morale. 

 

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