Monitoring tools for regulating the standard of living in Russia: Main estimates of 2021

The article presents the results of a study aimed at identifying and analyzing trends in the main indicators of the standard of living of the Russian population in the context of modern challenges, socio-economic differentiation and interregional inequality; at evaluating the results of official regulatory and methodological changes in the calculation of the subsistence minimum and the level of monetary poverty, put into effect from January 1, 2021. The dynamics of the main indicators of the standard of living of the population of Russia, the socio-economic structure estimated on the basis of the author's system of social standards of the standard of living of the population using the author's calculations of the subsistence minimum and the poverty level for 2021 according to the 2020 methodology (according to the consumer basket) are identified and analyzed. The results of the assessment of the poverty level in 2021, identified on the basis of the subsistence minimum according to the 2020 methodology, are presented and analyzed in the regional context. A comparative analysis of the results of two measurements of the subsistence minimum and the poverty level for 2021 is given — according to the new official regulatory and methodological scheme and the author's, performed according to the 2020 methodology. The results of the study can be used by executive authorities in program and strategic developments, in the formation of the regulatory framework for regulating incomes and living standards of the population of Russia.