The article shows social indicators of the level of socio-economic inequality prevailing in Russia in recent decades; specific poverty lines and categories of the poor in Russian society are revealed; the regional nature of poverty is highlighted. It is concluded that the main causes of Russian poverty lie in the organization of the economic sphere of society and the activities of political institutions.
This work considers the specifics of social and economic inequality in Russian society. The institutional, resource and transformational approaches outline the methodological framework of this study and allow for a comprehensive analysis of political, economic and cultural institutions of Russian society, which functioning contributed to excessive social and economic inequality in the country. It is revealed that the authoritarian model of state management, the social structure of rent-class type and the lack of formation of civil society institutions are the main factors of reproduction of excessive social and economic inequality in Russian society. The results obtained in the course of the study can be applied in activities of federal and regional structures dealing with issues of economic and social policy of the state, as well as in activities of legislative authorities at the federal and regional levels.
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