The social budget policy process in Russia at a time of crisis

Marina Khmelnitskaya

Post-Communist Economies, 2017, vol. 29, issue 4, 457-475

Abstract: This article examines the process of Russian social budget formation during 2015–2016, a period marked by a significant reduction in state revenues due to changes in Russia’s economic and international environment. Participants in the budget process included the president, prime minister, the financial–economic and social blocs of government, and experts outside the government. An important concern associated with the social sphere was maintaining political popularity. Budget formation in this area occurred via bureaucratic bargaining, with the president intervening only on the most salient issues. Examples of policy elaboration including indexation of major benefits and the freezing of pension contributions are considered.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2017.1333794

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