HSE: the share of Russians complaining about financial difficulties has grown to 70% 
Two-thirds (70 percent) of Russians complain about financial difficulties this is how people aged 51-65 and villagers answer the question. This is evidenced by the data of a survey by the Center for Civil Society and Commercial Sector Research at the Higher School of Economics, writes RBC.
Over the past year, the situation has slightly worsened – in 2020, 66 percent of survey participants spoke of a difficult financial situation. In the latest survey, 29 percent said it was possible to easily or very easily meet basic needs with a family's monthly income.
At the same time, the share of citizens who hope for an improvement in their personal situation has grown from 10 percent a year ago to 24 percent … Almost as many hoped for a change for the better in the pre-pandemic 2019. A worsening of the situation is expected by 21 percent of respondents, and 44 percent are sure that nothing will change in their life in terms of material security.
Vice-Rector of the Financial University under the Russian government, Alexander Safonov, suggested that optimism is associated with adaptation to the conditions of a pandemic, a deficit staff and outflow of migrants, which gave employment opportunities.
Previously, almost the same figures were obtained in a joint study by SberNPF and Rambler & Co – more than two-thirds of Russians (69 percent) were dissatisfied with their income. Only 16 percent have no complaints about their income.
In early November, the Ministry of Economic Development announced plans to revise the data on income, expenditures and savings of the population for 2018-2020 in order to clarify the sources of information.