In 2008 Russia will set record high standard of living, announced the head of Russian Ministry of Finance Aleksey Kudrin.
He noted that living standards in Russia are lower at present moment comparing to level of 1990. Though there was a shortage of goods in 1990, people - doctors and teachers in particular - used to live better than today.
"In 2007 we will reach level of 1990, and in 2008 Russian citizens will live better than in previous historical period, which doctors, teachers and people of older generation remember with nostalgia", - said Kudrin.
By his words, it will be the period of highest living standards in history of Russia.
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