THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY REDUCTION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN RUSSIA: SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

At present the population with incomes below subsistence level increased from 15,5 million in 2013 (10,8 per cent of the Russian population) to 19,8 million persons in 2016 (13,8% of Russian population); the real money income of population has decreased overall by 9,5%. The authors analyze aspects of sociological studies of poverty and socio-economic inequality in Russia, which is marked by a large number of characterizing indicators and interdependent causality in the socio-economic sphere of Russian society. The article is based on the results of research carried out at the expense of budget funds of the state task of the Financial University under the government of the Russian Federation in 2017.