Since the economic situation in the country recently has remained without significant positive changes, the citizens have stopped waiting for state aid and have decided to rely only on their own strengths. To this conclusion came the experts of the Institute for Social Policy of the Higher School of Economics. Researchers noted that with the onset of the crisis, Russians tried to save their spending on clothing, education and medicine. Now they have chosen a different strategy - to work more. The population began to actively seek the opportunity to earn money to solve accumulated financial problems. When studying the issue, two main reasons for the change in the economic behavior of Russians.

Firstly, it is no longer possible to "tighten the belt", and secondly - you need money on urgent expenses. Thus, a quarter of the population could not pay for utility services. Others faced a shortage of money to buy the right drugs. Many have not found, than to return the taken credits. Considering the fact that winter is ahead with the cold, Russians decided to be unreasonable to save on warm clothes and began to look for a second job and other sources of replenishment of their wallet, writes "Moskovsky Komsomolets". Although the majority remained true to the old model of survival - to spend less. In this way, three quarters of families continued to adapt to Russian realities. Researchers found that from June to September this year, every fourth family tried to start a business or find a better paying job. A little less (23%) of families began to actively maintain household plots.

It is noted that over the past three months, serious problems with finances have affected almost half of all families of the country (42%). The most vulnerable were families with children, where one parent is forced to sit with the child instead of earning a living. At the same time, the situation of people has complicated the reduction in the number of vacancies in the labor market. Even in a prosperous Moscow, every fifth inhabitant was forced to switch to self-employment, because he did not find any other income. But even many who have a job can not feel confident about the future. The reason for this is either the reduction in wages, or its delay. It is noteworthy that against the backdrop of the Russians' refusal to wait for state aid, the Ministry of Finance proposed to reduce social support from the budget.

According to the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, today the government helps 70% of citizens. This is a very large number of citizens, which must be reduced, the minister stressed.. "Concentration of resources to those who need it will allow creating conditions for those who need to use more," Siluanova cites RIA Novosti..

He explained that targeted assistance to the poorest strata would increase consumption in that environment of citizens who are unable to afford "those or other services and goods".