PROBLEMS OF THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The paper analyzes some aspects of the crisis management plan of the Russian Government and proves its inefficiency and inconsistency of some of its components, particularly the social policy, with a focus on the Russian industrial enterprises that urgently need the support of the owners and the state, given the crisis state of the economy, extraordinary depreciation of fixed assets, the use of outdated technologies and the existing sanctions policy. Particular attention is paid to the problems of single-industry towns, and a package of measures to be implemented at the federal and regional levels is proposed. The paper also substantiates the necessity to promote the domestic demand as an important factor of the Russian economic growth and the impact thereon of the social policy of the state. The problems of housing and communal services are examined and the results of the industry reformation show that the main “achievement” so far is an unreasonable increase of tariffs for services. The paper analyzes the appropriateness of the introduction of the new tariff components: overhaul payment, establishment of municipal service consumption rates as well as the expediency of increasing the responsibility of management companies as new economic entities. The attention is focused on the increased non-payments in the real sector of the economy and among the population notwithstanding the dramatic growth of penalties for late payments for consumed municipal services.