The number of Russians with incomes below the subsistence level reached 19.8 million in 2016, as compared to 2015, it grew by 1.5 percent. This is evidenced by the data of the Federal State Statistics Service.

      During the year the proportion of poor people in the total population increased from 13.3 to 13.5 percent. At the same time the living subsistence amounted to 9691 roubles in IV quarter of 2016, with the average per capita income of 35 973 roubles.nb