Half of Russians supports the idea of introducing unconditional base income – a fixed monthly payout from the state, such data calls RIA Novosti with reference to the study of online service to find the Superjob job.
The desired amount of Russian citizens determined 30.1 thousand rubles, while in June 2020 it was 25 thousand and 28.5 thousand in September. The highest requests were in Krasnoyarsk (35.6 thousand rubles per person) and in Moscow (35 thousand rubles). The lowest – in Rostov-on-Don (26.5 thousand rubles) and Kazan (26.6 thousand rubles).
12 percent of Russians spoke against unconditional base income, 38 percent found it difficult to answer. At the same time, men mostly support the idea of paying (52 percent against 47). Age also plays a role, 37 percent and 54 percent were among the youth “for” – among Russians over the age of 45.
The highest support for the initiative was obtained in Rostov-on-Don (56 percent), Chelyabinsk and Volgograd (52 percent), the smallest – in Perm, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod (from 40 to 44 percent). In Moscow, an idea approved 49 percent of respondents, each second – in St. Petersburg.
Earlier, the Ministry of Labor revealed the way to master a new profession free. According to the Office, more than 50 thousand Russians recorded the programs of retraining within the federal project “Promotion of Employment”. Receive knowledge can unemployed citizens who turned into employment centers, faces older than 50 years old, women with children under three years old and mother preschool children who have no employment.