Startling images from a hospital in the south of Russia show how Covid-19 is overstretching its health service. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
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Russia hides the truth, lies but in reality it is an incredibly poor country. Average salary is barely 200$ a month…
Russia had what America is heading toward. Notice I said “had” past tense. An enormous wealth gap with the poorest being literally dirt poor. Here is a perfect example of what happens when governments are allowed to let minimum wages fall far behind the cost of living & what happens when govt’s finally take action to address the poverty. In Jan 2020 the Russian gov’t increased the min monthly wage to 12,130 rubles ($195.5). States have the ability to set theirs higher and most have but the highest is Moscow at 18,781 rubles ($303) monthly. That’s the minimum monthly payment.. which means if you work 10 hours a month.. that’s the minimum you’ll be paid no matter what you do. Most households are earning around $2k a month though. The Russian median household income in 2019 was $23,000. Not so bad when you consider Russians have free healthcare & education, & most Russians own their homes outright. Rent or mortgage accounts for 30–50% of expenditures for many Americans. The median annual income in the US is $26k. The mortgage debt burden of the average Russian is $415 while the American mortgage debt of the average American is $173,000. The Russian per capita income in the 90’s had never reached $2k a year. Now the Russian per capita income, even after the sanctions & the low oil prices, is close to $14,000. By comparison the the US median wage has fallen 40% since 1989. In 1989 it was $21,000. Today it’s $26k. 1989’s $21k, adjusted for inflation, would be $36k in todays dollar valuation. While the US is falling behind with it’s decreased median wages & it’s citizens accruing substantially more debt just to stay above water – the Russians have risen from 2K to 14K, with free education, healthcare & for the majority no housing costs. Add to that utilities in Russia are dramatically lower than in the US & Russians pay a flat rate of 13% in income tax. Perhaps a little more study into the economics of Russia is in order? The information you gave is from back in the late 1980’s-early 1990’s.
@life isgood Frankly, I didn’t get idea of what you meant to be said. Your narrative is such a messed up. Please, try to write in a language you speak. I have relatives living out there. So, information is pretty much reliable.
@wesley rodgers I wrote about of what I had relation to. Trump and US’ problems are out of my scope. But obviously, he is mismanaging this situation.
@Ordinary Mo yes it does but when texting it is easier after.
@Русское море shoulda coulda woulda. If we ever learned we would have supported Bernie better but that’s not in Corporate Americas best interest.
God have mercy on Russia, yay even on the whole world.
Peace friends.
F Russia!
I’m really hoping the dirt bags at the IRA troll farm pull through. NOT! Maybe they can enlist their troll farm scum bags to dig graves?
Fuc Russia 🙂🖕
Mike Wagner
This is how Donald wants us to be. As if Americans are not suffering already.
Lies, lies, lies!
It’s time for the Russian people to repeat 1918. Emphatically!!
Русское море agreed!
@Русское море Revolution everywhere. Proletarians of the whole world, join up!
@магжан Сыдыков LoL https://youtu.be/oqtt7s3m7iY
Yeah, they didn’t have the executioners they had in 1917- 18. The former KGB are now the ” new ” politicians who are whiter that white. Pinocchio and Putin have something in common, particularly in the nasal area.
@Русское море you rare mindwashed, friend. Go back to sleep.
We are dealing with an uncontained Chernobyl
That was in Ukraine. Wrong conspiracy
Fan those fear flames!
@Peggy Genoway LoL https://youtu.be/oqtt7s3m7iY
They weren’t ready? Sounds familiar!🤔
@usamail usanyc rickrollllll https://youtu.be/oqtt7s3m7iY
@Reg U He’s running for President, isn’t he? If there’s corruption involved, we have a right to know.
@soylentdean Yep
Let’s see any evidence.
Both sides.
@TJ all there is to know is in the history books. Common the same is happening here in America. we are so screwed how can we judge others. Trump is lying to us every day. Firing all who desagree with him that is dictatorship. What is happening in NYC. And other states the anti lockdown protesters will overwhelm hospitals again. We are no better. the worst pandemic in history was the Kansas influenza pandemic. That killed up to 100 million and infected 500 million globally. But the media and the government keeps quite about it. All there is to know is in world history books. Pandemics existed as far as billion years and will continue to happenen from any Country. There are 1.5 million viruses. From a surviver of the Kansas pandemic. California then got hit the hardest because they lifted the lockdown earlier. The government lied like Trump is doing now. From a surviver of the worst pandemic in history. https://youtu.be/RVpBFy_TRtA
And when Trump did something Democrat pussies said he was racist and xenophobic.
You will be complaining about Trump for another 4 and a half years. Get used to it.
This is the stage where almost every country has gone through or is going through.
@Mo A Russia does not hide anything. This US hides the horror of American medicine.
@ozi oz Did I say ALMOST ?
@Lucky Dingding ich kaniş https://youtu.be/oqtt7s3m7iY
New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many others did much better
True . The quintessential spike in new patients
Ya, multiply Russians numbers by 10-20!! They lie to much to believe their “official” numbers!
One more good reason for civilians to assassinate authoritarian leaders at any given chance.
It’s sad for all the people. Hope they can recover.
One can only imagine what it’s like inside of Russia now. Sad
People like you go right to negativity; it’s sad.
I have friends who live in Russia. There are areas where the outbreaks are widespread, like it is in NY but fewer areas with large outbreaks than the US has. Hospitals there are facing the same shortage issues the US has been. My friends are Americans – he works as a liaison to the US Embassy – so they know what American hospitals are like and have said the hospitals in Russia are really very good. I think we’re pointing fingers without looking in our own backyard with a truthful eye.
Can’t be much worse than inside the US.
Russians all in China, only the anti Putin Russians still there.
I have nothing against the Russian people, they’re good quality people like a lot of nations who some of us perceive to be our enemy. However, their governments are the true enemies. Putin needs to die.
By “fully equipped ward” they mean a hole they dug in the back.
Yes, in the USA terrible medicine.
There are thousands of good hospitals in Russia. But a CNN propagandist found one small hospital and was glad that it was possible to make false propaganda against Russia. Why does CNN not show thousands of large and good Russian hospitals? Because they do not comply with anti-Russian propaganda.
But the figures of the deceased in the United States (60 thousand) and in Russia (1 thousand) speak for themselves.
The same Putin’s Russia that is sending medical supplies to Trump in America.
@conference Justice
Trump trickle-down healthcare sponsored by the right-wing fringe.
@HemiHead664
Nope. It’s sponsored and paid for by George Soros.
@conference Justice
Drop dead Trumpcare is sponsored and paid for by the Mercer’s and the Koch’s.
@HemiHead664
It’s way better than Obamacare sponsored by George Soros Cortard.
@conference Justice
Go and get yourself a Trump skinny policy and put it through the test. You’ll need 20k up front to walk through the Hospital door. When Trump gets through with you, you’ll be holding a Bernie for president sign.
What is this trend about denying how bad this virus is? Every country is suffering so there’s no need to play pretend
@codent That’s so true. Response times and how aggressive preventative measures are, all plays a part.
A) It doesn’t fit their political agenda
B) Politicians, Billionaires and other power brokers hide in their mansions and let the commoners risk their lives.
Nothing has really changed over the last eight thousand years.
Roman senators, European nobles, 21st Century majority shareholders. Just different names for the same group of people.
national pride and propaganda
Tim Perry
I’m no politician or “power broker.” I just have a 21st century set of highly marketable skills. But keep oversimplifying so that you don’t have to feel bad about your life, no one ever needed maturity and the ability to comprehend nuance to be successful in life.
New Zealand not…
WHEN MONEY CORRUPTS ALL OUR POLITICIANS… we need to wake up and change the type of systems we have.. OR WE’RE DOOMED SOONER OR LATER
free and fair elections in Russia would be a good running start
Russia is a corrupt sh!thole
@söder bröder Russia is a beautiful country and those that visit and live there speak on it’s beauty regularly. Russia is also wholly corrupt. Everyone knows it but the majority allow it so there’s little that can be done. The US is getting a taste of that with Trump. Everyone knows he’s fleecing the federal coffers but there’s nothing to all can do about it.
söder bröder as if america isn’t 🤪😂😂
I dont look for politician for help!!!
Its sad because they actually had so much time to be prepared and they failed!
Who ever rudes his high horse with arogance gets Phuked .. like the Chump and his boy friend Putin
RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA…DEBUNKED!
Dear God I feel for the people in Russia. Their leader could careless and doctors that are working their hearts out, trump follows the Russia dictator, not my responsibility ugh
Democrats follow Joe Biden
Not the world’s responsibility
Ugh
@W204 C63 stupid post
@ursula mittmann Yes you are right that the original comment was stupid. Well done ursula.
This is not true.
I’m sure trump will be more than happy to send them all the PPEs they need since we are such a success story I guess we won’t be needing them right? 😠😠😠
Yup, kinda like the ventilators we didn’t need after all.
Yeah, he will send them your allocation…… Hopefully
Cough
Russian nurses in STORAGE ROOM with Coronavirus on drips! Disgusting way to treat our medical heroes!
They need their military to build field hospitals. It is horrendous.
Russian frontline medics are becoming overwhelmed , just like NYC .
That’s what you get when you’re ruled by a thug living in a palace.
I don’t know what’s worst a thhg or a draft dodger. Well Russia has less cases.
@UC-fv9Tyqn1lMTspCOYIGtAQ how many draft dodgers do you know?