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Poverty in Russia rises to decade-high of 20 million


Some 19.8 million people — more than 13 percent of the population — were living with incomes below the minimum deemed acceptable last year, the figures from statistics agency Rosstat showed, an uptick from 19.5 in 2015 © AFP/File / Natalia KOLESNIKOVAMOSCOW, Apr 6 – The number of Russians living in poverty reached nearly 20 million last year — a decade high — after sanctions over Ukraine and an oil crisis battered the economy, official figures showed Wednesday.
Some 19.8 million people — more than 13 percent of the population — were living with incomes below the minimum deemed acceptable last …read more

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