Tag: Russian health care system

Finance Minister Says Only Half Funds Needed for Anti-Crisis Budget Available; Proposes Cuts

February 24, 2016

LIVE UPDATES: Russian Finance Minister Siluanov says there isn’t enough money left in the budget to support the anti-crisis plan, and proposes reducing it. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Translations: […]

Russian Government Confirms Degradation of Russian Health Care Since Putin Invaded Ukraine

May 15, 2015

Staunton, May 15 – When Russians complain that their health care has deteriorated in recent years, the defenders of Vladimir Putin east and west typically dismiss such cries of despair as “anecdotal.” But they won’t be able to adopt the same strategy with new data published by the Russian State Statistical Committee (Rosstat). Those data […]