Summary: “The main findings of this review may be summarized as follows. A significant proportion of population of the Russian Federation (18%) lives below the poverty line. Unemployment rate has risen dramatically. Income inequality is huge. Air quality and drinking-water quality do not meet applicable standards. Social problems are especially pronounced in so-called monocities, built around large industrial plants. Many local residents in these cities grow crops and vegetables on highly polluted lands, because they cannot afford to buy food in supermarkets. Some locally produced foods have very high levels of toxic pollutants, especially in small settlements near metallurgical and chemical plants…”—(page 259).
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