The number of officially recognized impoverished Russians increased by 2.3 million to 22.9 million, or 16 percent of the population, in the first quarter of 2011, compared with the same period last year, according to the State Statistics Service. The number of impoverished had decreased in the first two years after the 2008 recession, but the trend was reversed this year, Kommersant reported. The minimum monthly wage […]