For some Russians above the Arctic Circle, Putin’s pension reform feels like a trap

"We live in tough conditions and we don't live for very long. Now they're taking away our pensions as well?"

By Polina Ivanova, Reuters September 26, 2018
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VORKUTA, Russia — Russian railway worker Andrey Bugera had a singular goal: get to pension age so he can leave the polluted, frigid coal mining town above the Arctic Circle where he works and move south to live out even a brief bit of retirement in comfort.

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