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An elderly woman kneels in the muck on the road leading to the Ismailova market in Moscow. Her cardboard box holds a few rubles and the hand-lettered sign begs for more. Russia's elderly are struggling to survive on $19 a month. The August collapse of the ruble and rising inflation make the pension nearly worthless.
Dispatch/Argus photo by Terry Herbig
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