SOCIAL PROTESTS FORCE VLADIMIR OBLAST TO BORROW MONEY TO PAYPENSIONS.

In response to demonstrations at post offices wherepensions are supposed to be distributed, the authorities in Vladimirregion have hurried to borrow two billion rubles at 105 percentin order to pay the pensions it owes the oblast’s retirees, Russianradio reported August 2.

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