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For many Russians, higher utility bills are latest inflation shock

In the Russian capital Moscow, history teacher Polina Ibragimova was shocked when a utility bill arrived that amounted to more than half ​her monthly pay. At first, the 34-year-old mother of two thought her children must have spent too long splashing around in a steaming bath. Then ‌she read the bill line by line and discovered the real culprit: a sharp increase in utility tariffs. [....]