The poverty level in Russia in 2024 reached a historic low of 7.2%, down from 8.3% in 2023. The poverty threshold in 2024 was set at 15,552 rubles per person per month. It was 14,339 rubles in 2023.

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.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, September 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged to bring poverty to a minimum in the country and lift "a considerable amount of people" out of it. "We all have ...

World Bank predicts increase in poverty in Russia for the first time since 1998 crisis UNITED NATIONS, July 8. /TASS/. The struggle against poverty and non-infectious diseases as well as the road ...

"Russia still spends billions on war, not improving the lives of its own citizens," Gerashchenko added. As reported by Russian media, in 2023, Rosstat published data regarding poverty.

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Stormont's Executive Committee has been found in breach of its legal obligation to adopt an anti-poverty strategy at the Royal Courts of Justice. The strategy was first committed to 18 years ago in an ...