Thanks for the input! See below.
State supplied utility benefits such as electricity
are in Russia's
national accounts in Ruble terms, so yes they are
included in these
comparisons.
Even with the recent price hikes, my monthly
electricity bill in Moscow (pretty large Stalin-era
apartment,
Chris wrote
As a general question, do these income comparisons
somehow factor in nonmonetary income, state-supplied
benefits or similar perks? E.g., in the country in
which my butt is parked, monetary incomes are
generally relatively low, but most families own their
own apartments and grow their
