At least they could afford the food. Then the pandemic spread across the country, again.



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SOBINKA (Aftenposten): Vladimir Putin promised to cut poverty in half by 2024. Now the goal has been postponed.

The family gathers in bed. There is hardly any space left in the small room. Marina Rozjnova (42) with baby Arina in her arms. Father Stanislav Andreyev (40), Artjom (4) and Anna (2). Polina Jedakova

He carried the feces in a red bucket with a lid. The man passes most of the 28 rooms on his way to the only bathroom on the second floor. Two bathrooms in a room without a door. On the way, he first passes Angelina Tomilova (79) who is trying to clean her room. She is from eastern Ukraine, a country at war.

The resident of the red cube also passes Maria Osipova (29) and her husband Nikolai Chanov (22). Nikolaj is a trip home between straw jobs as a street sweeper.

The red cube also goes through the common kitchen. A colorful tablecloth with a soft pig covers the sink. There is no running water here, but there are many empty liquor bottles.

Behind one of the 28 doors there is more space. Flypaper, black with dead insects, hangs from the ceiling of the small room. There are also clothes in newborn size.

– Yes, welcome. We live here, says Stanislav Andreyev (40) in the Sobinka pension, just under 170 kilometers east of Moscow.

Inside the room there is hardly any space on the floor. A crib, a stroller and a dresser take up all the space. Marina Rozjnova (42) sits on the normal bed with Arina in her arms. Born on September 18, 2020. Receives a bottle of milk substitute. Mamma Marina lost her milk almost immediately after giving birth. Two-year-old Anna is also in bed with a cell phone. She ignores the visit.

Neither does Artjom, four years old, who is lying next to her. His body is in a strange position and he does not move an inch during the entire visit.

Hopefully I’m asleep. At least that’s what the parents say.

The inhabitants of Arbeidergaten, house number 7, live a difficult life. And in 2020 it has gotten even worse.

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