'Cyberpartisans' release data on BELTA executives' salaries
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Information about the salaries of the state news agency BELTA management became public thanks to the "Cyberpartisans", reports Belsat.
Before the New Year, the "Cyberpartisans" hacked not only the website of BELTA, but also the agency's database. From there they downloaded data on the agency's staff, salaries, bonuses and fees of employees.
The maximum monthly salary of Yauhen Vanshyn, deputy head of the BELTA department, was 8,864 BYN last year. His department covers Lukashenka's activities. He is reportedly a videographer who travels with Lukashenka.
The head of the same department, Uladzimir Matsveyeu, has a maximum accrued salary of 7,928 rubles last year.
Iryna Akulovich, general director of the agency, has a maximum salary of 7,439 BYN.
Andrei Varapai's maximum monthly salary is 5,434. He is one of the presenters of a TV program where he humiliates the Belarusian opposition, accuses Kyiv of terrorist attacks, etc.
A similar salary is paid to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "7 Days", Alena Krylava.
But ordinary journalists of BelTA earn about 2 thousand rubles a month.
The journalists of Belsat note that the data are given for the months when no holiday bonuses were paid.
