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 ...

The poverty rate in Russia fell below 10% for 2023, crossing the historical minimum for the first time in more than 12 years. Details: According to the publication, Russia is in "good" shape heading ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Poverty and corruption are the biggest internal threats to Russia's security, President Dmitry Medvedev told Reuters, promising a major push to fight the twin scourges. Foreign ...

Soaring food and energy prices have pushed more than 71 million people worldwide into poverty since late February when Russia launched its war on Ukraine, a United Nations agency said. The report by ...

A decline in remittances from Russia and rising cost of living could push an additional one million people into poverty in the region Poverty reduction in the Caucasus and Central Asia is likely to ...

Nearly four years of war in Ukraine have devastated the Russian civilian economy. This year, 75 percent of Russia’s regions report serious budget deficits and more enterprises are becoming ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The four men charged with the massacre at a Moscow theater have been identified by authorities as citizens of Tajikistan, some of the thousands who migrate to Russia each year ...