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Report: France sees biggest poverty increase in 30 years

A new report on poverty in France has revealed the devastating economic effects caused by Europe’s sanctions war on Russia. Multiple indicators have reached record lows, showing that their lower classes are worse off than in decades.

Ramin Mazaheri

Press TV, Paris

The annual report from one of France’s top NGOs revealed that poverty has already skyrocketed this year, and that’s at what many say is only the beginning of years of inflation and recession provoked by sanctions on Russia over the unrest in Ukraine.