Problems and trends in the social sphere of Russia under conditions of sustainable development

Article covers key aspects of the development of the social sphere of Russia, highlighting the problems, trends. Authors set following tasks: consideration of methodology for assessing social sphere; highlighting key indicators characterizing the level of development of social sphere; conducting research on problems of the social sphere; identification of problems in social sphere of Russia. Article used methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis, grouping, statistical analysis. Sources on which the provisions and conclusions were based is scientific works of experts data published on official websites (United Nations, World Bank, Federal State Statistics Service of Russia, Federal Service for Labor/Employment of Russia, scientific articles, information from Internet). Authors identified four key groups of indicators of the social sphere -demographic indicators, labor potential, indicators of the standard of living of the population, social infrastructure; problems in Russia that impede further effective development...