The 450 members of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, earn just over one and a half times the typical salary for the country and considerably less than civil servants at an equivalent level. The upside is politicians can claim for travel expenses and rent if they live outside Kyiv.

Though there have been repeated calls to raise their salary, Ukraine's MPs have consistently resisted giving themselves pay rises so as not to offend their constituents, who are enduring immense economic hardship due to the Russian invasion.