however, as the study says, in the second half of 2019, and January-February 2020 the share of fully or mostly satisfied with life on average was 78%. It appears that the main factor in improving the mood of the citizens, became continuous, and paid (for the vast majority of citizens) holidays in the mode of self-isolation.
the number of cities where the percentage satisfied with life are: Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Surgut, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Tambov, Ulan-Ude, Barnaul, Ufa, Chelyabinsk.
the lowest level of satisfaction with their lives is marked in such cities as St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladimir, Kaluga, Krasnoyarsk, etc.
At the same time, against the background of increasing life satisfaction fell sharply, the confidence of Russians in their future. According to the first half of April, the share of those who completely or mostly confident in the future fell to 51% against 60% in the second half of 2019, and January-February 2020.
Above all, confidence in the future among residents of the following towns: Stavropol, Rostov-on – don, Yekaterinburg, Barnaul, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, etc. Does not seem to be a cloudless prospects for the people of Volgograd, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Kazan, Yaroslavl, Tver and other cities.
“I will Not hide: we were unexpected the fact that the majority of people today, more satisfied with life than last fall and early this year, before the oil crises and coronavirus – the Director of the Institute of socio-economic studies of the Financial University under the government of the Russian Federation Alexey Prong. – I think that residents of large cities most affected by negative external circumstances. However, medium and small cities, which are home to the majority of Russians, suffered much less. There are large industrial enterprises, agriculture, the part of small and medium business. Besides, it is necessary to remember that the majority of Russians one way or another, directly or indirectly tied to government funding, which remains unchanged by the crisis not affected. Available data show that while in our country no major layoffs are not happening, and somehow trying to fulfill obligations to staff. So the bulk of Russians still receive wages from their employers”.
in addition, he said, in a certain part of Russians are very significant savings, which help to survive stop the business if it occurred. “The main reason for the current growth in the share of those who completely or mostly satisfied with their lives are prolonged paid vacation that allow people to do their own��mi cases,” adds Barb.
on the other hand, really unexpected vacation when you pay through not all. According to studies of the Financial University under the government of Russia, financial difficulties due to coronavirus crisis experiencing about 3% of Russian households. “While the share of affected households is small, but with restrictions for a long time it can grow and become a serious problem for the economy – emphasizes Barb.- Restore normal operation of the Russian economy will reduce the number of those who are not confident in their future. Although it is not so simple. For example, among the cities with the lowest levels of confidence in the future belongs to St. Petersburg. The economy of this city relies heavily on tourism, and in the complete cessation of tourism flows, of the company from the restaurant and hospitality sectors, of course, was seriously injured. It is obvious that tourist flows will not be restored immediately after the end of quarantine measures to return to pre-crisis situation in this industry can take a year or even more. In these circumstances, of course, the local authorities require special measures of support for affected sectors of the economy to prevent unemployment and plant closures”
