[lbo-talk] Russian Economic Boom Factoids

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 30 08:18:52 PDT 2007


(Wow!)

I'm taking this from an article on Russian taxation by the Finnish lawyer Jon Hellevig of Avenir & Partners (whom I have met, incidentally) that was on Johnson's Russia List the other day.

Per capita GDP in Russia (real inflation-adjusted) in:

1999 $1334 2005 $5346 2006 $6879 2007 $8350 (projected)

Source: Deutsche Bank

Russian external debt in:

2000 $150 billion (over 100% of GDP) 2006 $60 billion (less than 6% of GDP)

Source: ECB

Russian Central Bank currency and gold reserves in:

2001 $36.6 billion 2006 $315 billion

Source: Russian Ministry of Finance

Average official monthly salary in dollar terms in:

2000 $81 2005 $371 2006 $550

Number and percentage of population living under the poverty line in:

2001 40.3 million (27.3%) 2005 22.6 million (15.8%)

Source: World Bank

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