RUSSIA MAY PAY ITS ARMY OFFICERS IN FORMER SOVIET STATES 15% BONUS

Interfax News Agency
April 2 2008
Russia

The Russian government has announced it is considering a proposal to
restore a 15% pay bonus for Russian military personnel stationed in
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that was abolished in
late 1999.

The government said in a press release posted in its website that it
planned to propose an amendment to that effect to Article 12 of the
law "On the Status of Military Personnel."