Vladimir Putin donates month's salary to Jewish museum

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Tuesday to contribute one month's salary to the construction of a Jewish museum of tolerance. Russia's chief rabbi, Berl Lazar, told Putin it was time to implement long-delayed plans by the Jewish community to set up the museum. "That's a good idea and, as the first step, I will contribute one monthly salary to the museum's construction fund," Putin told the rabbi during a meeting in the Kremlin leader's Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. Kremlin could not immediately say how much Putin earned a month. According to media reports the figure was equivalent to about 70,000 roubles ($2,700). (Reuters)