The Yakunin Prize: did the ex-president of RZD deserve it

The Yakunin Prize, which became known last summer, struck the entire public. Earlier, the domestic media reported that the former president of the "Russian Railways" received a bonus immediately in three years. The journalists found out that the prizes went to both current and former members of the corporation's board. We will remind, Yakunin by that time already year as left from Open Society "RZHD". For what did he get a financial reward? Let's try to figure this out.

Prize to all!

The public learned about the Yakunin Prize in August 2016. At that time, many members of the board became owners of the bonus for the income received in the first half of the year. In the distribution of earnings between shareholders, nothing is surprising. Confused by all quite another. This will be discussed later.

A representative of the Russian Railways, who wished to remain anonymous, officially confirmed that many former members of the board were among the recipients of the money. Among them is the former president of the company. The most interesting thing is that Yakunin received the prize, being already a year out of the way.

Yakunin at the head of "Russian Railways"

Vladimir Yakunin led the railway monopoly for ten years. This post was known to the domestic manager in June 2005, succeeding Gennady Fadeev. A lot of problems and scandals were associated with the period of his leadership.

In particular, in 2013, due to financial difficulties, RZD was forced to switch to austerity. Part of the staff was even transferred to part-time work. Yakunin then justified himself that this is much better for them than sending employees on leave without content. The number of such employees has reached almost a third. However, according to Yakunin, they were not involved in the organization of transportation or providing security on the railway tracks.

The chair under Yakunin staggered seriously in August 2015, when the governor of the Kaliningrad region, Nikolai Tsukanov, proposed his candidacy to the Federation Council from the Amber Territory. Yakunin then refused the Senator's portfolio, explaining that in that case he could not manage the international public organizations in which he was a member. However, many then took this refusal as an unwillingness to leave the high office.

Everything was resolved in five days. Medvedev signed a decree on the resignation of the president of JSC Russian Railways. Putin then stated that this was the decision of Yakunin himself. The head of the Russian Railways, summarizing his activities, noted that the main achievements are the preservation of heavy engineering in Russia in the production of domestic locomotives, passenger and freight cars.

Official version

After all these events Yakunin was given a prize almost a year after he finally left the company. In an official comment, representatives of the "Russian Railways" explained to journalists that this was a long-term prize. She was paid immediately for several years. Therefore, the recipients were all those who worked for the company during this period. Thus, Yakunin received a prize for three years. That is, just during the period when he headed the corporation.

Another source confirmed that in the total amount directed to the payment of bonuses, the consideration paid to Yakunin for his activities in the company's board was taken into account. In this case, the final size of the bonus then no one called.

Specific figures

After a while journalists nevertheless managed to achieve at least some specifics. In communication with the media, a representative of the ex-head of RZD said that Yakunin did receive money from the company in 2016. In total, these were 90 million rubles, which were divided into two tranches (75 million in the first and 15 million in the second). At the same time, it was particularly noted that decisions on awarding him payments were made without his participation.

Also, there is official data, according to which in the second quarter of 2016, RZD paid out bonuses of almost 900 million rubles, while for the same period last year the amount was almost three times less. Part of this money, obviously, went to the Yakunin Prize.

This discrepancy in the company was explained simply. The reason for the increase in the final amount in the payment of the bonus for three years, which went to many former and current employees.

Revenues of the head of RZD

It is necessary to recognize that the earnings of the ex-head of the Russian Railways have always been an acute topic. During the entire stay at the helm of the company, he never published a declaration of income. Therefore, whether this prize was unique for Yakunin, is for certain unknown.

The only time he opened his salary in May 2015. A few months before the dismissal. Then, in an interview with reporters, he admitted that his monthly income varies from 4 to 5.5 million rubles.

At the same time, in the rating of the richest top-managers of the country, Yakunin was always at the leading positions. In 2014, his annual income was estimated by journalists at $ 11 million. Yakunin denied this information. At the same time, the official press service of RZD said that for the year the head of the company earned about 93.5 million rubles.