Kremlin estimated level of poverty in Russia

in the Kremlin rated the level of poverty in Russia. As the Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Sadkov said, against the background of the coronavirus pandemic, he increased, but the growth was able to hold back through point measures of support for citizens. His words leads TASS.

“and yet worked these verified point methods for supporting citizens into this difficult time,” the sand commented.

So he reacted to the request to comment on the words of the businessman Oleg Deripaska, who had previously made criticism of Rosstat. The entrepreneur pointed out that the real number of citizens with income below the subsistence minimum can actually be more than more than shows the state statistics.

in the Kremlin indicated that Rosstat operates with a large data array, and the authorities are guided primarily for this information. “It should be borne in mind that Rosstat operates with a large array, verified by an array and, of course, the government primarily focuses on those data that Rosstat issues,” the presidential press secretary added.

earlier in April Rosstat announced that last year the poverty level in the country fell to 12.1 percent, it was 300 thousand people less than in 2019. The main reason for such a dynamics agency called fan payments against the background of the coronavirus pandemic.

/Media reports.