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Article: RUSSIA: RUSSIA'S POOR POPULATION DECLINES.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 8, 2002
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"Trud" reported on 23 April that statistical data show that the number of extremely poor people in Russia decreased by 16 million in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2001. There are still more than 40 million poor people in Russia. The per capita cash income of Russians, according to the State Statistics Committee, amounted to 3,295 rubles ($105.54) a month, ITAR-TASS reported. The average monthly wage grew to 4,172 rubles ($133.63) or by 20.6 percent (taking into account inflation adjustments). The cash income of Russians in real terms, i.e., with inflation adjustment, has ...