The average salary in the Vitebsk region in June is projected to be $400

June 1, Lepel district / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The average salary in the Vitebsk region in June 2012 is projected to be $400. This was announced today to the participants of the field meeting of the Council for the Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, BELTA correspondent reports. If in January of the current year the average salary in the region was equivalent to $305, then in May, according to preliminary data, it will be $390, and in June - $400. By the end of the year, the region will reach the figure of $500, Alexander Kosinets is confident. The governor considers the growth of the population's income to be a priority task. "It is extremely important for the Vitebsk region to solve the problem of the disparity between wages and prices with the border regions of the Russian Federation in order to stop the outflow of personnel and the export of goods," the governor emphasized. -0-