An unequal battle: is Russia effectively fighting the stratification of society?
A third of total income is concentrated in the hands of the country's richest people The Russian economy is growing amid the pumping up of the military-industrial complex - and propaganda never tires of talking about citizens getting richer, without mentioning that not everyone’s income is increasing. During his 24 years in power, Vladimir Putin, who promised to fight inequality at the beginning of his first presidential term, has only strengthened it.