Russia has every right to supply arms to Iran, according to Yevgeny Primakov, head of Russia's Rossotrudnichestvo. Speaking via video link from Yerevan, he noted that although the Russian-Iranian strategic partnership agreement does not include direct military cooperation, the US arms supplies to Ukraine justify similar actions by Russia against Iran.
According to Rosstat data for 2023-2024, Ingushetia ranks first among Russian regions in terms of poverty level - more than a quarter of the population (25.6%) have incomes below the subsistence level. It is followed by Tyva (20.4%), Karachay-Cherkessia (17.2%) and Chechnya (15.2%).
The lowest poverty level is recorded in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and St. Petersburg (3.5%), in Moscow this figure is 4.1%. In Russia as a whole, the poverty level has decreased to 7.4%, which corresponds to 10.8 million people.
The poverty line in the second quarter of 2025 is set at 16,863 rubles. Analysts note the seasonality of the criterion, recommending comparing data for similar quarters of different years. This was reported by Nezavisimaya Gazeta, citing Rosstat data.