According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the number of poor people in Russia in 2007 dropped to 13,4 percent of the population.
In 2006, the people living under the official poverty limit totalled 15,2 percent of the population, and in 2006 17,7 percent. The official poverty limit in Russia in late 2007 was 4005 RUB per month, Vedomosti.ru reports with reference to AKM
