The vast majority of average Russians consider them only partly legitimate.

In contrast, production of many consumer goods is down because the average Russian has less money to spend.

The collapse of communism in the country had significant influence on the average Russian's economic ability to maintain his or her family.

These requirements prevent most average Russians, who earn about $100 a month, from living legally in the nation's capital.

That's more than the average Russian's salary for eight years at the present tourist exchange rate.

But now the government has its financial house in order, and average Russians are beginning to enjoy a basic aspect of a capitalist system.

Her story falls short, however, in describing the effects of the reforms on average Russians.

Many average Russians are increasingly of the opinion that the West has let them down by not providing promised aid.

But his reputation has never quite recovered among average Russians, whose tolerance for political upheaval already was long past the breaking point.

American military policy has only reinforced the average Russian's suspicions, he said.