MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - The government, on the whole, is not satisfied with the situation in the social sphere, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, speaking at a State Duma plenary session.
He said that according to the data as of the end of 2003, the number of Russians with incomes lower than the subsistence minimum reduced for 4 years approximately by 3 mln people. However, the number of such people is still very big - 27,800,000 people. "This problem is the most important, and the aims of the economic policy depend on the solution of this problem," said Kasyanov.
