Child care is limited or non-existent since the state subsidized facilities have closed. The housing supply is so desperate that even if a couple divorces, they must live in the same house because there is no other housing. Shelters for battered women may not be appropriate because if women leave their house they and their children have no home. There are no laws protecting women or children against abuse. Helping families does not seem to be a priority when the country s entire legal and economic systems are being revamped.
Alcoholism is a devastating scourge.
Cheap vodka can be purchased in kiosks in soda pop cans. In my best sign language I ask permission to take her picture. She seems mystified but agrees. I can only imagine how she sustained her injury. There is no tradition of giving for Russians or Russian corporations.