Following an event at CSIS titled “Social Inequality and the Russian Economy,” they discuss what inequality looks like in Russia and what it means to be wealthy and poor in different oblasts, Russia’s ...

In Russia, poverty takes many forms, and its complexity hinders widespread progress in poverty reduction. That is why a business as usual approach will not suffice – instead, meaningful reforms are ...

Soaring energy costs triggered by the war might have pushed between 78 million and 141 million people into poverty worldwide, researchers estimated.

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 poverty rate ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Russia, whose economy relies heavily on oil and natural gas revenue, needs to take "real steps" at combating poverty, the prime minister said.

Russia is at risk of the “first significant” increase in its poverty level since the crisis in 1998-1999 as the country’s first recession in six years forces millions into destitution, the ...

Russian poverty rising.For years, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has flaunted the success of his United Russia Party with ample evidence of the country's economic growth. Moscow is home to more ...

A decline in remittances from Russia and rising cost of living could push an additional one million people into poverty in the region.