Quote Originally Posted by RT
an average pension in Ukraine is $160.
A month?!!! It's not possible to survive on that. Even if they live for free and have no bills. It's not possible Anywhere in Europe. It can't be done. Any pensioner without children or substantial savings will starve or freeze to death, or die from poverty induced illness.

And it's not like anyone in that generation had any opportunity to build up private wealth or get a private pension plan. They are completely innocent victims.

And now they are saying they are halving the pensions. $80 /month? Have people no hearts!? This is the generations that fought in the war, built up the country and took care of them as children as a mother or grandmother.

Quote Originally Posted by Dmitry Khomitchuk View Post
Спикер Совета Федерации Валентина Матвиенко заявила, что палата поддержит решение парламента Верховного Совета Крыма о вхождении автономии в состав России по результатам референдума, который пройдет 16 марта.
What, they are going to just accept Crimea into the federation? Even though it will upset Ukraine and drive the West crazy?

I watched some Russian TV (not RT but Vesti) because I was interested in what Russia planned to do. But I didn't hear this.