“In April, the average nominal accrued salary amounted to 49.3 thousand rubles. Rosstat data on household incomes show that in the first quarter of 2020, nominal household incomes grew by 3.3%, ”the Ministry of Economic Development said in a statement.

It is noted that in April, at the beginning of the restrictive measures related to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, real wages, that is, accrued amounts adjusted for inflation, decreased by 2% compared to April 2019.

Earlier, a spokesman for the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that the priority for the Russian authorities is the elimination of poverty, almost all development programs are aimed at these.

As RIA Novosti reported, IC Rosgosstrakh Life and the Perspektiva research and technology center conducted a study in which 45% of the survey participants said their average monthly income was no more than 15 thousand rubles. At the same time, in late February - early March, when restrictions were not yet introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 38% of respondents reported such income. A total of 1502 respondents were interviewed.