guest, in fact there are thousands of people who don´t earn a single $ for month, even in USA or Western Europe. Thousands of people without job and whose unemployment subsidie has expired....So, how can hundreds of thousands, probably millions, of Americans, Russians and Western Europeans live on 0 $ per month? Think about it.

Can anyone please explain how exactly can anyone "live" on 217$ per month?

How can anyone fall to such level of inhumane cynicism...

From the article: """However, the average bill for public facilities in a one bedroom flat in Moscow is on average about $100."""My reply:Wow! In NYC, the rent for a one-bedroom is TEN TIMES that -- $1,000 or more. No wonder the population of Moscow has reached 12 million.Still, Russia has room to improve. As a rich oil-producing country, it can easily afford to follow Iran's example: Provide everyone with a fixed cost-of-living subsidy, so that everyone, employed or unemployed, has at least the necessities. This influx of money at the bottom levels of the pyramid will fuel consumer demand and keep the economy strong. It's the opposite of the disastrous European approach -- starve the people to pay off the derivatives gambling debts of the banksters. I'm hoping that the Rothschild banks do NOT run Russia, as they run Europe.