Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zolotareva Anna Author-Name-First: Anna Author-Name-Last: Zolotareva Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Misihina Svetlana Author-Name-First: Svetlana Author-Name-Last: Misihina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Nazarov Vladimir Author-Name-First: Vladimir Author-Name-Last: Nazarov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Shatalov Stanislav Author-Name-First: Stanislav Author-Name-Last: Shatalov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The State and the Prospects of the Social Safety Net Development in the Russia. Abstract: This paper provides general assessment of the current state of the social security system in Russia based on the analysis of federal legislation and legislation of the subjects of the Russian Federation and statistics. The main features of the national social security system in comparison with developed countries of Europe are revealed. Some directions of improvement of the social security system in Russia are proposed. Year: 2011 Issue: 156P File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/63Zolotareva.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Classification-JEL: H53, H55 Keywords: social security, Russia Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:63 Language:ru