ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia has set up a historic poverty reduction milestone, President Vladimir Putin said Friday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). "We ...

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

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

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 ...

COVID-19 continues to upturn our lives and disrupt economic activity across the world. The World Bank estimates that well over 100 million people would be pushed into extreme poverty by the end of ...

This article attempts to apply major ideas developed in Anglo-American 'network analysis' to enlarge geographical constructions of the rural 'problematic' in Russia. It interrogates complex ...

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 ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had to halve the poverty rate within six years and provide jobs for people.

Russian poverty rates will return to 2007 levels this year as the economy continues to contract and inflation reduces people's purchasing power, the World Bank said on Wednesday.