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 ...

Back home we don’t have any hopes for a good life, it’s a total economic catastrophe there, complete lack of employment opportunities. The need to earn money, for a better living, forces us to go to ...