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Росстат (In 2016, Russia became the world's top grain exporter with a record production of 120 million tons of wheat, according to Russian statistics agency Rosstat. Consequently wage arrears remain high and, according to the Russian Statistics Agency, on June 1st 2010 arrears amounted to 3.2bn rubles. According to the official Russian statistics agency Goskomstat, GDP measured $428.3 billion in 1997 – by 1999, that figure had plunged to $193.4 billion. The Russian Statistics Agency (Rosstat) reported last month that consumer prices in Russia increased 7.5 percent from January to September ... More than 51m Russians, a third of the population, are living below the poverty line, the Russian statistics agency said yesterday, revealing figures that suggest the economic reform programme imposed by the International Monetary Fund has led to a social disaster. Alexander Demidov) |
