State Pension and Medvedev

Crimea: Have a good day, according to The Moscow Times. All the best." Captured on camera, the remark went viral. On a tour of Crimea, Medvedev was confronted by an angry woman, who demanded to know when the government planned to raise her 8,000 ruble per month state pension. "You can't live on this!" the woman cried. "Prices are rising madly." The prime minister reply was frank. "There just no money," he said, struggling to be heard above the complaints. "When we find the money — we'll do it." Then he turned to leave with the parting words: "You hang on in there. Commentators and social networks fizzed with ridicule. For the first time in years, state pension payouts have fallen behind rising prices. After two years of confrontation with the West over Ukraine and 16 years of President Vladimir Putin, Medvedev seemed to have exposed the extent of Russia economic and political dead end. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.