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a doubling of living standards
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the world bank estimates the gross national income per capita at
$5,780 in 2006 with a gni of $823 billion
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a 70% increase in gdp
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in the 1990s russia抯 gdp fell by 40%
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it eventually regained the 1990 level in 2002
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since 2000, gdp growth has averaged just under 7% a year
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in current dollar prices, gdp went from $200 billion in 1999 to
$1.26 trillion in 2007
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russia
moved up from being the twentieth largest economy in the world
to the seventh
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the settling of nearly all russia抯 foreign sovereign debts
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the accumulation of a war chest of $402 billion foreign currency
reserves as of march 2008
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real wages have grown at double that rate
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investment has risen by 12% annually
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russia抯
real income per capita rose from $5,964 in 1998 to $9,650 in
2005
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the government has been running a substantial surplus
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unemployment has fallen below 7%
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labour productivity grew 49% between 1995 and 2005, ranging from
a 23% improvement in retailing to a 73% rise in construction
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stock market capitalisation rose to 44% of gdp by 2005
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the rts index went from 300 in 2000 to 2,360 in december 2007
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in september 2006
the market capitalisation of the 200 biggest firms was $833
billion (one third of which was gazprom)
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a reform of the tax system, under which a progressive income tax
from 12% to 30% was replaced with a flat tax of 13% in 2001
from 12% to 30% was replaced with a flat tax of 13% in 2001
