Window on Eurasia writes [1]: “For the first time since the end of the Soviet Union, the number of Muslims from the Russian Federation making the pilgrimage to Mecca is set to fall significantly, the result of a financial crisis that has cut incomes, increased prices and reduced private and government subsidies for those who want to go.”
Russia: The Crisis and the Hajj
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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