NEW POVERTY AS A THREAT TO ECONOMIC SECURITY

The article deals with the scientific problem in the form of the existence of the phenomenon of ‘new’ poverty as a deep and protracted negative trend of the Russian reality since the post-Soviet period. The definition includes people who have a high level of education, cultural, economic foundation, which forms their intellectual capital, but, despite this, are forced to face poverty due to unfairly low wages. The problem of poverty in general is not peculiar to social states, nevertheless, in the Russian Federation it is quite relevant. The aim of the study is to provide a theoretical explanation of the causes and identify the key characteristics of the reproducible problem of ‘new’ poverty in Russia, as well as to form a necessary set of public policy measures to promote its reduction in the country. Materials and methods: the object of the study is the reproduction of the problem of ‘new poverty’ in Russia since the early 2000s. The research methodology is based on the system approach, general scientific methods of cognition, the method of comparison and analysis of time series. The main factors determining the existence of a deep and stable problem of ‘new poverty’ in the Russian reality have been revealed, characteristic conditions in the form of rent-oriented behaviour of the state, concentration of incomes in the upper decile of the population, lack of training and retraining opportunities have been identified. The materials of the article can be useful for further study of a wide range of aspects of the phenomenon of ‘new’ poverty taking into account modern realities, i.e. they contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in this subject area and have a certain socio-economic significance.