Is Russia considered a poor country?

Russia is not a poor country, The problem is that a very small proportion of the population control the majority of the wealth. Combine this with an extreme level of corruption and pure theft from budgets. The available budget for normal Russians is very low. read more

Because Russia is a poorer country. But if Russians were spending 50% of their total incomes on food then we'd be expecting the place to be as poor as Bangladesh and the like: and that simply is not true nor anywhere near it. This specific story is of course really just a detail. But it's emblematic of that larger point. read more

Well, either Russian Federation is not a poor country, or Russian people do not travel a lot, or, last thing, you need to re-check your sources. read more