Russia And U.S. Are Nearly Tied As Leaders In Income Inequality

“Politics in the United States might look increasingly like Russia, with a macho president who bashesthe press, promotesloyal propagandists, contestselections and winks at white nationalists. But when it comes to how wealth is distributed, Russia ― where for 69 years the Soviet Union attempted a radical policy of income equality ― is looking a lot more like the U.S.”