Almost a seventh of the Russian population lives under the poverty line. This was shown from official data Russia released last week. This corresponds to almost 22 million people. In the first six months of this year the number of people below the poverty line increased by 14.8 % to 21.7 million people. These Russians live off less than 10,017 roubles (147 dollars) per month. There are probably more Russians living in poverty, other researches place the minimum level at 22,700 rouble (334 dollars) per month.