The number of housing allowance recipients in 2017 moved down against 2013. The percentage of individuals benefi ting from social protection (benefits) has also contracted. Bills for housing and utility services went up twice against income, average allowance for housing and utility services...

Goal set by May Executive order of the President to reduce poverty by twofold will require not only growth of real wages and real incomes of population but also modification of the social support system for improving its targeting. This transformation has already started in the regions of Russia...