The Russian Federation has defined who the poor are: what do Russians themselves think

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15 552 rubles per month - this is the poverty threshold set in 2024. The poverty rate decreased throughout the past year: in the first quarter, the number of Russians with incomes below the poverty line was 14 million (9.6% of the population), in the second quarter 12.4 million (8.5%), in the third quarter 11.8 million (8%), compared to 7.7 million (5.3%) in the fourth quarter. The data is provided by Rosstat, which uses in its calculations the cost of a consumer basket per person in the fourth quarter of 2020, indexed by accumulated inflation.

As follows from the figures published by Rosstat, in 2020 Russians with an income of 11,329 rubles were considered poor, in 2023 those with a monthly income of 14,339 rubles were thrown over the line.

If we take as a basis