The UN reports a decrease in poverty in our country. We tell how people who are behind poverty live, see good food only on holidays, but, despite this, they grow children and hope for the best In July, in Russia they talked a lot about poverty. The national goal is to reduce the poverty level by double, from 13.3 to 6.6%, set by President Vladimir Putin in 2018, moved by six years, from 2024 by 2030. Behind the poverty line, according to official figures , 18.6 million Russians live.