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In push for more Ukraine troops, city of Moscow hikes pay for contract soldiers to $60,000 a year (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not to underplay how bad things are in Russia, but the gini coefficient is actually a bit higher in the US

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Huh, look at that.

That's income, though, which is correct for this discussion. It's the same colour on the wealth map, and I can only imagine how skewed the raw data is with all the hidden wealth.