The number climbed from 28 percent to 32 percent over the last year. The number of Russians below the poverty line - meaning those with not even enough money to buy food -climbed from eight percent in 2008 to 14 percent in 2009, according to the survey. The survey is referred to by RosBusinessConsulting.
56 percent of the people reported a decrease in their incomes over the past month. 39 percent said their incomes were unchanged and two percent saw their incomes rising.
