Despite the crisis, the salaries of the Transnistrian civil servants will be raised. The pay raise for the Transnistrian leader and his deputy and for the president of the local Central Election Commission (CEC) will be 70 conventional units (5.3 rubles/7.36 lei). The salaries of the senior executives and their deputies will be increased by 65 and, respectively, 60 conventional units, Info-Prim Neo’s correspondent in Tiraspol reports. The draft decision says that the salary increase is designed to improve the social protection of the state functionaries and to stimulate them to work better. The employees of the CEC and of the executive divisions of state funds will receive bonuses of 50 conventional units, while the highly qualified specialists and employees of town and district state administrations – of 45 conventional units