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In an ethics filing before becoming Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged not to engage in writing, editing, or promotional activities for his books, but did not pledge to forgo advances.

The $4 million in book advances received by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were for two books to be published by a company owned by his associate, Tony Lyons.

Cheryl Hines, wife of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accepted $210,000 in consulting fees from MAHA Action, a nonprofit advocacy group led by Tony Lyons.

The nonprofit MAHA Action rallies supporters for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s priorities on weekly broadcasts and supports legislation, including a federal bill to end liability protection for vaccine makers.

According to his September 2026 financial disclosure, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accepted $4 million in book advances and over $270,000 in gifts in the preceding year.

For a 2026 price comparison between Moscow and New York City, the grocery baskets used by the New York Times contained 25 broadly comparable products.

For a 2026 New York Times article comparing Moscow and New York, teacher pay was estimated using data from April 2026.

In a 2026 New York Times price comparison, Moscow prices were converted to dollars using an exchange rate of 76.9 rubles per dollar, which was the average rate in April 2026.

For a 2026 New York Times article, the New York City teacher salary was calculated based on the average salary for fiscal year 2025 from NYC Open Data, adjusted for a 3.25% raise from the most recent contract.

For a 2026 New York Times article, the average teacher salary in Moscow was calculated based on the 2024 average from Mosstat, adjusted for a 24% city raise and a 7.6% federal raise enacted since 2024.

In a 2026 New York Times comparison, both the Moscow and New York City teacher salaries were calculated as pre-tax annual salaries spread across 365 days.

For a 2026 New York Times article on Russian supermarket prices, price changes shown in an opening video were based on Rosstat’s national average consumer prices.

In the week prior to September 23, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree placing the European companies Nestlé and Auchan under temporary external administration.

Economist Andrei Barkhota provided a rough estimate that a 10 percent increase in fuel prices in Russia would lead to a 5 percent increase in consumer goods prices.

For a 2026 article on Russian supermarket prices, the New York Times authors compared prices from January 2022 with those from July 2026.

As of September 2026, at least 64 of Russia’s 85 regions, including areas in Russian-annexed Ukraine, were reporting fuel shortages.

For a 2026 price comparison between Moscow and New York City, New York Times authors purchased groceries at Auchan in Moscow in late March 2026 and at Key Food in Brooklyn in early April 2026.

In Russia, some milk producers have reduced the size of their containers from the typical one liter to 900 milliliters.

Andrey, a 30-year-old teacher in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, stated his monthly take-home pay is between 42,000 and 45,000 rubles (about $498 to $534).

While many Western chocolate brands like Lindt and KitKat have left Russia, Milka and Alpen Gold are still produced in Russian factories.