There’s poverty and there’s Poverty. A quick google suggests Russia and the World Bank define poverty in Russia as having an income of under 10,000 rubles per month. Roughly $110.
I don’t think people in the west can grasp what true poverty looks like. We’re talking selling your kids, eating tree bark or even cannibalism as was surprisingly widespread during the Cultural Revolution.
Russia’s not that bad, especially the larger cities, but some parts of Russia are still really deprived as they never fully recovered from the collapse of the USSR.
I am however surprised that the number’s only 14%. I googled and the number was similar a few years ago.
There’s poverty and there’s Poverty. A quick google suggests Russia and the World Bank define poverty in Russia as having an income of under 10,000 rubles per month. Roughly $110.
I don’t think people in the west can grasp what true poverty looks like. We’re talking selling your kids, eating tree bark or even cannibalism as was surprisingly widespread during the Cultural Revolution.
Russia’s not that bad, especially the larger cities, but some parts of Russia are still really deprived as they never fully recovered from the collapse of the USSR.
I am however surprised that the number’s only 14%. I googled and the number was similar a few years ago.