Study finds echoes of the Holocaust in Russia's economy, politics
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 16:51
in Earth & Climate
Russian cities and regions whose Jewish populations bore the brunt of the Holocaust have seen lower economic growth and wages ever since, according to a detailed new analysis of seven decades of Soviet and Russian data. These same areas have also tended to resist political reform, exhibiting greater popular support for Communist candidates since the collapse of the Soviet Union.