Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
In February 2012, the Russian Government excluded the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center from the list of organizations served by military officers. All military personnel serving as cosmonauts were forced to retire from military service and become civilian specialists at significantly lower rates of pay (the premium for military officers working as cosmonauts was between 55% and 120% of their nominal salaries). Sergey Volkov successfully sued the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, winning back 1,382,000 Russian roubles (approximately $40,000) in lost pay.