Comparison of social expenditure of the USSR and the Russian Federation

Structure of budget expenditures in Russia in recent years, changes in the direction of growth of the "power" costs. This leads to growing discontent of the population. The particular relevance of this problem is in crisis. The economic downturn reduces the level of budget revenues in Russia and raises the issue of reducing social spending. At the same time, the standard of living of the population in crisis reduced and cuts in social spending exacerbates the situation. To determine the deteriorated situation of social spending in Russia compared with the USSR, we compare the dynamics and structure of expenses of the budget of these countries.