Statistical Facts about Where Russia Stands Now

By NIKOLAI SERGEEV
Newspaper Molodogvardeec
Byelorussia

In the present capitalist regime of Russia, according to data gathered from the Russian press and information available from the United Nations Statistical Reports – here is what place Russia stands in the economic, social, criminal and health services.

1ST PLACE in murders. In 2005 alone there were officially registered 30,800 killings while 20,000 people disappear each year without a trace.

2nd PLACE for suicides – there are over 50,000 suicides each year in Russia, Lithuania is in first place.

2nd PLACE after the USA for people that are languishing in jails.

2nd PLACE after Iraq for journalists being killed –147 killed since 2005.

1st PLACE for the consumption of alcohol.

134th PLACE in longevity of Russian people. Men live to 58 years on an average while women live to 72 years.

1st PLACE in the world in the spread of AIDS.

3rd PLACE in the spread of religious, occult and other sects. In Russia there are close to 500 different sects existing – foreign and local.

1st PLACE in the world for smoking by children – with foreign cigarettes topping the list.

3rd PLACE in the world for the spread of child pornography. There are close to 12,000 cases of children being sold, due to the hard economic conditions.

2nd PLACE for the Russian children being sexually molested and assaulted by foreigners.

3rd PLACE in the world in the growth of millionaires,  surpassed only by USA and Germany. There are now 53 billionaires in Russia. The richest one is Roman Abramovich.

The minimum official wage of a Russian Minister is over 100 times that of a worker. This is the biggest chasm in the world. Besides these wages of the government minister, they constantly steal   money from the state and this is normal practice.

Only constant struggle against capitalism will produce results and its overthrow!

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