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Video: Russian pensioners struggle
Elderly citizens forced to survive on as little as $6 a day.
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2009 17:22 GMT

In Russia, pensioners have long been respected for their role in the Soviet Union's campaign during the second World War.
 
But the end of Communism also signalled the end of some of their benefits, and now many have fallen on hard times with some surviving on less than $6 a day.
 
Casey Kauffman reports.

 

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