MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of Russians living below the poverty line in 2023 dropped to 13.5 million from 14.3 million a year earlier, the Rosstat statistics service said on Wednesday, with the ...

For Russia's military recruiters, money talks. In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled the federal signing-on bonus for contract soldiers to 400,000 rubles ($3,850) — over five times the ...

The head of state also gave a positive assessment to the level of investments in St. Petersburg in 2024 ST. PETERSBURG, January 27. /TASS/. The number of people living in poverty has decreased across ...

There are also reports shoppers are stopping buying clothes, with Elena, a company manager from Moscow, telling Bloomberg she ...

The Russian president added that a further reduction of this indicator is planned ST. PETERSBURG, June 20. /TASS/. Since 2000, the number of people living below the poverty line in Russia has ...