An enterprising teenager decides to see for himself if a human can survive on the official minimum food budget in Russia.by Galina Stolyarova ST. PETERSBURG | In an old Soviet joke, three elderly women go to the doctor. All have the same complaint but they enjoy very different incomes. When the first woman, the wealthiest, tells her story, the doctor […]

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