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Putin Pledges Month's Salary to Museum
- By Unknown
- Jun. 06 2007 00:00
President Vladimir Putin promised on Tuesday to contribute one month's salary to the construction of a Jewish museum of tolerance.
Berl Lazar, one of the country's two chief rabbis, told Putin that it was time to implement long-delayed plans by the Jewish community to set up the museum.
"That's a good idea and, as the first step, I will contribute one monthly salary to the museum's construction fund," Putin told the rabbi during a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
Putin raised the presidential salary to 70,000 rubles ($2,700) per month in 2004 during a spate of salary hikes aimed at stamping out corruption.
Lazar told Putin that the Russian Jewish Museum-Museum of Tolerance should serve as a warning against a return to the past.
"There are people today who want to rewrite history," he said. "The museum will help to show what it was in reality."
Berl Lazar, one of the country's two chief rabbis, told Putin that it was time to implement long-delayed plans by the Jewish community to set up the museum.
"That's a good idea and, as the first step, I will contribute one monthly salary to the museum's construction fund," Putin told the rabbi during a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
Putin raised the presidential salary to 70,000 rubles ($2,700) per month in 2004 during a spate of salary hikes aimed at stamping out corruption.
Lazar told Putin that the Russian Jewish Museum-Museum of Tolerance should serve as a warning against a return to the past.
"There are people today who want to rewrite history," he said. "The museum will help to show what it was in reality."
