There are no UNDP International Human Development Indicators published uniformly and comparatively for Russia.

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Most health and human development indicators have shown no significant improvement beyond that which is normal in the midst of an oil boom.

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Here are some interesting human development indicators compiled by the United Nations Development Programme that show where we are losing and where we are winning like Charlie Sheen.

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Instead, it lies below Yemen in the UNDP's ranking of human-development indicators, at 151st in the world.

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