Overview
- Governor Mikhail Evraev reported that the poverty rate fell from 8.7% to 6.7% over the past three to four years.
- The update was delivered to President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on January 13, 2026.
- Evraev said wage growth in the region played a key role in the reduction.
- The figures were communicated as an official claim and published by the state news agency RIA Novosti.
- The report did not include underlying data or independent verification of the measurement methodology.