35 million Russians live in houses or apartments without indoor toilets
 
One Russian in Four Lacks an Indoor Toilet, One of Many Signs There are Now ‘Four Distinct Russias’
 
 
One Russian in Four Lacks an Indoor Toilet, One of Many Signs There are Now ‘Four Distinct Russias’
 
While the defenestrated pariah of its president wants to set up his own orbital space station, its rural population does not even have a toilet in their homes.
According to a new report by Russia’s state statistical agency, Rosstat, 35 million Russians live in houses or apartments without indoor toilets, 47 million do not have hot water, 29 million don’t have any running water inside their residences, and 22 million do not have central heating

Is such a contrast possible in the same country?