Putin Moves Away From Unpopular Move To Increase Retirement Age
(World News Russia)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has distanced himself from an unpopular government plan to increase the retirement age, saying "I do not like any of the ways that have been discussed" to implement the idea. Putin`s comments, made on July 20 in the city of Kaliningrad, were his first public remarks on the topic since the idea was proposed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on June 16. "When I am asked about which of the variants [of the plan] I...