The interesting results of a poll regarding the situation in Russia has shared with the public, “Levada-center”. The tension between poor and rich Russians perceives 76% of respondents; 82% of respondents stated that stratification may be a source of serious problems in the future; 41% of respondents already today considers associated with stratification tensions “very strong” (until recently this opinion was shared by 36%); 35% said “some tension”, and 14% consider it “not very strong”. But the complete absence of tensions on the background of socio-economic inequality stated only 7% of survey participants.
Prerequisites for the growth of tension is obvious. Even according to official statistics the number of poor Russians in 2015 increased by 3 million people, amounting to 19.1 million or 13.3% of the total population of the country. In early 2016, the situation deteriorated further. People with incomes below the threshold of the subsistence minimum was 22,7 million or 15.7% of the population.
However, formally, the difference in income between the richest 10% and poorest compared to previous years slightly decreased and amounted to 15.6%, but a special occasion for the joy it gives. The fact that the earnings of the poor, and so were miserable, and even a small decline in real income elementary puts them over the edge of survival. Against this background, it is not so fundamentally was reduced if the income of the family oligarchs 800 million a year to 600 or 650.
However, the news is not all sociologists were bad. Something they still failed to please. As it turned out, in Russia reduced the number of people who believe that the country has some internal tensions based on ethnic or religious grounds. The presence of “ethnic tension” States only 52% of respondents (in the future something similar admit 60%). Signs of religious tension, says 48%.
Returning to the painful issues, we note that a monstrous stratification in Russia is noticeable to the naked eye”. Experts say that it is enough to look at standing on the streets of Russian cities, the cars, the difference in price between them is about a hundred times.
In order to property the tension escalates into something more unpleasant, the researchers propose to promote the launch of hardly working today in Russia social mobility. In particular, by supporting small businesses. In addition, to reduce the stress on the “European recipes” — raising taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor. However, the big question is, will this Russian elite who have poor compatriots shared interests do not always coincide.
