The middle class in Russia and the countries of the Russian “Neighborhood Belt” in the context of a changing world order (problems of theory and practice)

It is generally recognized that socio-economic stability in modern society is possible only if there is a significant (prevailing) “middle” social stratum (“middle class”), and the expansion and strengthening of this particular social group contributes to stimulating the domestic consumer market and is one of the factors in the growth of entrepreneurial activity of the population. The article examines various missions of the middle class. In particular, an attempt is made to determine the role of the middle class in a little-studied perspective to date through the prism of the integration interaction of Russia with the countries of its “neighborhood belt” in the context of geo-economic turbulence.