Russian average wage up by a fifth in real terms in a year

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Sun Apr 21 23:12:04 PDT 2002


PS exchange rate is about 30 rubles to the dollar.

Chris Doss The Russia Journal ---------------------------- Russian average wage up by a fifth in real terms in a year Interfax

Moscow, 19 April: The average wage of Russian workers reached R4,172 in March 2002 against R3,725 this February and R2,964 in March 2001, the Russian State Statistics Committee said.

The average wage in Russia has increased by 40.9 per cent since last March. However, the actual wage (adjusted for inflation rates and with taxes and mandatory payments deducted) has increased by 20.6 per cent...



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