The Chechen authorities reported that the average salary in the republic exceeded 40 thousand rubles
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held an extended meeting on the results of the outgoing year. The chairman of the regional government Magomed Daudov said that the average salary increased to 40,580 rubles. Industrial production, according to him, increased by 29%, more than 12 thousand jobs were created. It was possible to reduce unemployment to 5% and introduce more than 2 million 300 thousand square meters of housing.
 
Kadyrov presented republican awards and conferred honorary titles to many of his relatives and close associates. Among the awardees are four adult daughters and their husbands.
 
In addition, Ramzan Kadyrov's son, the Minister of Sports of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov, became an honored worker of physical education. Nephew Khamzat Kadyrov, who is the secretary of the republican security council, received the medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic". Another relative of Ramzan Kadyrov, Isa Ibragimov, who heads the Ministry of Culture, was awarded the medal "In Memory of Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov".
 
The honorary badge "For Distinguished Labor" was received by the head of the republican government Magomed Daudov and Deputy Prime Minister Isa Tumkhadzhiev.
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