11 November 2002 MOSCOW, 11 November, (Gazeta.Ru)–According to the latest data released by the State Statistics Committee, the poorest section of the population is steadily diminishing. But the number of Russians who live below the poverty line still remains high.Those with incomes less than the minimum subsistence level in the third quarter of 2002 decreased by 3.5 million people to […]

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