DIFFERENTIATION OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE POPULATION AS A THREAT TO RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC SECURITY. PART III

The article examines the differentiation of living standards in Russia in the context of threats to economic security. The study continues a series of publications and focuses on assessing key socio-economic indicators that characterize the population’s standard of living using the index method and the method of confidence intervals. The analysis considers real disposable incomes, the poverty level, the decile coefficient, the Gini coefficient, as well as the ratio of average per capita incomes to the subsistence minimum.Based on the calculations performed, the main trends in the dynamics of these indicators are identified, and risk zones are determined from the perspective of economic security. In addition, forecasting of key living standard indicators is carried out using several methods, which makes it possible to construct alternative scenarios for their mediumterm development. The results obtained indicate the ambiguous nature of socio-economic dynamics: alongside certain signs of improvement, persistent risks associated with social differentiation and poverty remain.The study concludes that there is a need for active and targeted state social policy aimed at reducing inequality, improving living standards, and minimizing threats to the economic security of the Russian Federation.