Putin Vows to Lift Russia’s Struggling Middle Class President Vladimir V. Putin used his annual address to lay out a plan to reduce poverty and revive middle class fortunes. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:In Vatican Magazine Exposé, Nuns Reveal Their Economic ExploitationPoland and Israel in Tense Talks Over Law Likened to Holocaust DenialCarles Puigdemont, Catalan Leader, Steps AsideArgentina’s Top Spy Accused in Brazil Corruption CasePrince William Will Go to Israel, in First Official Visit by a British RoyalTariffs, Delta, Putin: Your Thursday Evening Briefing