In Russia, crisis deepens slide in living standards for pensioners

A woman points at a cut of meat as a street vendor sells food in the yard of an apartment building in Moscow, January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - For Boris Lisitsyn, Russia's financial crisis means less meat, cheese and sausage - hardships the 86-year-old says won't kill him anytime soon.

But for him and the millions of pensioners who make up about a third of Russia's population, rising prices are also spurring anger over declining living standards, threatening a pool of support President Vladimir Putin cannot afford to lose.