A retired woman in Novosibirsk has made headlines after giving the regional social development minister a length of rope in a protest against the government?s decision to raise pensions by just over $1 next year.
The rope was accompanied by a bar of soap. These two items are strongly associated with hanging a person in Russian culture. She also bought the minister some matches and salt, all of which cost exactly 89 rubles.
The Novosibirsk region?s government wants to raise the minimum monthly living allowance for elderly people next year by 89 rubles ($1.36) to a sum of about $135. It?s the amount that every Russian citizen living there is guaranteed to receive each month regardless of their circumstances and, in practice, most pensioners get more. https://cdni.rt.com/files/2018.10/article/5bc9cfc3fc7e9340798b464a.jpg