Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, spending billions on military equipment. Meanwhile, many Russians live in extreme poverty, often with barracks for homes and mud instead of roads.

Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, spending billions on military equipment. Meanwhile, many Russians live in extreme poverty, with little more than barracks for homes and mud in place of roads.

Real disposable income of the population decreased by 1.7% of GDP in 2017, despite the fact that Russia saw economic growth, Kudrin stated MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. The level of poverty in ...

TASS/. Although poverty grew in Russia amid the pandemic, the authorities managed to curb its growth by employing selective measures to support the public, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ...

World Bank knowledge and technical assistance have focused on the social and economic development of Russia and on addressing the global challenges of fighting poverty, debt relief for the poorest ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed up prices ... "We've calculated that there will be a further 1.3 million people pushed into poverty, and half a million of those are children." ...

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