according to the Agency RIA Novosti citing a study, about 70% of Russian citizens spend more than half of the budget on food. During the study experts found the level of expenses of inhabitants of Russia for food during the validity of the restrictive measures because of a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus.
“71% of Russians spend on food, more than 50% of their income. 30% of respondents said that spend on food is not less than 50% of their income. Up to 20% of income spend 17% of respondents, at least 80% — 13% of survey participants. 28% is spent on food, almost the entire income, while 12% of respondents there is no need to count the cost of food” — leads the Agency to review the study.
As he wrote a day earlier, “MK”, now the number of unemployed in the country is close to a half million people. And this is only the official statistics. In fact, people left without a livelihood, many times more. Experts expect that already in summer without a job will be 5-6 million compatriots. However, the employment service already can not cope with the calculation of payments to all comers.
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