Meanwhile, Russian Academy of Sciences staff researchers make slightly more than six thousand rubles a month (R27.79/$1 is the official Central Bank rate for today). The salaries are to rise 3.5- to 5-fold, depending of whether the rises will be calculated proceeding from the inflation pace. "As I see it, we ought to proceed from current prices with due account for the inflation," said the minister.
The rises will come as a gradual arrangement, with the peak for 2007/08, he added.
The Education and Research Ministry is having a Board session tomorrow for debates on how to enhance the efficiency of government-funded research. "We can't increase this efficiency unless we increase personnel remuneration. That's clear," Mr. Fursenko said.
