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Cooperation is the Basis for the Formation of the Middle Class in Russia

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The article examines the current state of cooperation in the Russian Federation in retrospect of its development since the adoption of the Law on Cooperation in the USSR in 1988. Today, the state is making certain advances regarding the regulation of the regulatory framework of the cooperative, the simplified creation of cooperatives of agricultural producers who are not legal entities has been approved, and the structure of the management of the cooperative is being adjusted. However, the issue of subsidiary responsibility of cooperative members remains important and unresolved. According to Russian law, subsidiary liability applies to 100% for each member of the cooperative, regardless of the amount of the share fee. Studies conducted by the authors of the article showed that in modern Russian society there is no trust in cooperatives. In this distrust there is both a historical component and the fact that the state does not see the importance of cooperation in the development of society, although the goals and objectives of the state and cooperation coincide. The third reason for distrust is a significant stratification of modern Russian society. In Russia, the income ratio of 10% of the rich and 10% of the poor exceeds 50 times. Within the framework of this article, the authors propose to develop a roadmap “Effective owner on a cooperative basis,” as well as the development of a new economic mechanism for working in the countryside. The conclusion suggests itself. The future of Russia is a social and cooperative society with a market style

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Valigursky, D.I., Dashkov, L.P., Maslova, E.L., Gavrilyuk, M.V., Anischenko, K.L. (2022). Cooperation is the Basis for the Formation of the Middle Class in Russia. In: Bogoviz, A.V., Suglobov, A.E., Maloletko, A.N., Kaurova, O.V. (eds) Сooperation and Sustainable Development. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 245. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77000-6_69

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