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Issues of Introducing a Basic Income into the Russian National Pension System

Bobkov V.N., Zakharov I.N., Sherstobitova Y.A.

Volume 19, Issue 1, 2026

Bobkov V.N., Zakharov I.N., Sherstobitova Yu.A. (2026). Issues of introducing a basic income into the Russian national pension system. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 19(1), 157–176. DOI: 10.15838/esc.2026.1.103.12

DOI: 10.15838/esc.2026.1.103.12

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