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Annex № 1 (to question 1 of the List of issues) Information on individual cases examined by the courts of the Russian Federation and related to the application of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966. The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated March 13, 2017 with regard to the case № АКПИ 17-31 declared invalid the clause 42.1 of Appendix No. 3 to the Federal Aviation Regulations "Medical Examination of Aviation Staff, Control Staff, Flight Attendants, Cadets and Candidates Entering Civil Aviation Institutions", approved by the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation № 50 on April 22, 2002, with regard to recognizing flight attendants ineligible for work when diagnosed with AIDS and HIV, except in cases when there is a medical report declaring that they are not able to perform their professional duties for health reasons. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in its decision used provisions including of Article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which prohibits discrimination in the interpretation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation noted the following. "Article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obliges States to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, to which the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the body supervising the observance of 1

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Annex № 1 (to question 1 of the List of issues)

Information on individual cases examined by the courts of the Russian Federation and related to the application of the provisions of the International

Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966.

The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated March 13, 2017 with regard to the case № АКПИ 17-31 declared invalid the clause 42.1 of Appendix No. 3 to the Federal Aviation Regulations "Medical Examination of Aviation Staff, Control Staff, Flight Attendants, Cadets and Candidates Entering Civil Aviation Institutions", approved by the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation № 50 on April 22, 2002, with regard to recognizing flight attendants ineligible for work when diagnosed with AIDS and HIV, except in cases when there is a medical report declaring that they are not able to perform their professional duties for health reasons.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in its decision used provisions including of Article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which prohibits discrimination in the interpretation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation noted the following.

"Article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obliges States to guarantee that the rights enunciated in the Covenant will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, to which the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the body supervising the observance of the Covenant) attributes health status, in particular HIV status”.

Tenishchev N.M., the legal representative of the minor Bondar A.N., took legal action in order to move Bondar A.N. into the apartment located at: Moscow, 2 Onegskaya street, apt.39, and to oblige the defendant Uskov D.M. to give the apartment’s keys and not to interfere with the use of this apartment. In support of the claim, he stated that the minor Bondar A.N. was registered and previously lived in this apartment. After the death of Bondar I.M. (A.N.Bondar's mother), the defendant took the apartment’s keys. The apartment was currently leased out by the defendant.

Defendant Uskov D.M. did not admit the claim and appealed to the court with counterclaims to recognize that the minor Bondar A.N. lost the right to use the disputed apartment motivating his demands by the fact that Bondar A.N. did not live in the place of registration more than 6 years, he left it voluntarily and at present he resided in the apartment of his father Tenishchev N.M.

The decision of the Golovinskiy District Court of Moscow on April 9, 2014 rejected the initial and counter claims. The appellate ruling of the Judicial Board

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for Civil Cases of Moscow City Court dated June 16, 2014, upheld the court's decision.

The Judicial Board for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation revoked the decision of the Golovinskiy District Court of Moscow and the appellate ruling of the Judicial Board for Civil Cases of Moscow City Court regarding the refusal to satisfy the claims of Tenishchev N.M. to Uskov D.M. regarding moving in of Bondar A.N., obligation not to interfere with the use of the apartment, transfer of apartment’s keys, and sent the case with regard to this part for a new trial to the court of the first instance, and in order to support its position the Judicial Board referred to the provisions of Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In particular, the following was noted.

"The right to housing enshrined in part 1 of Article 40 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation is one of the elements of the right to an adequate standard of living (Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), therefore, legal regulation of relations regarding possession, use and disposal of housing facilities should provide each person with state protection including judiciary, guaranteed by part 1 of Article 45 and Article 46 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and it should be full and effective".

Lyubov Alekseevna Afanasyeva filed a lawsuit against the Federal State Institution "Military unit No. 25623" and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to recover compensation for moral harm.

In support of her claim, the petitioner referred to the fact that her son, Afanasyev Vasily Vasilievich, who served in the military unit No. 63931 as a driver of a motor company (troop), on December 13, 2011, while performing his military service duties, committed a suicide as a result of a complex psycho-traumatic, stressful situation appeared due to unsatisfactory conditions of service.

The decision of the Engelskiy district court of Saratov Region dated January 21, 2014, granted the claims in part. The court recovered from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the expense of the Federal budget in favor of Afanasyeva L.A. a compensation for moral harm in the amount of RUB 50,000; RUB 10,000 - expenses for services of representation; RUB 200 – expenses for power of attorney and RUB 150 – expenses for photocopying documents.

The appellate ruling of the Judicial Board for Civil Cases of Saratov Regional Court dated July 15, 2014 revoked the decision of the court of the first instance. The court examined the case according to the rules of procedure in the court of the first instance, and the court of appeal issued a new ruling and refused to satisfy the claims of Afanasyeva L.A.

The Judicial Board for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation revoked the appellate ruling of the Judicial Board for Civil Cases of Saratov Regional Court and sent the case for a new trial to the appellate court, referred to the provisions of Article 11 of the International Covenant on

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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.In the cassational ruling of the Chamber of Civil Cases of the Supreme

Court of the Russian Federation dated March 23, 2015 with regard to the case 32-КГ14-20 paid attention to the following.

"The arguments of the cassational petition of Afanasyeva L.A. regarding compensation for moral harm collected in her favor by the court of first instance are worth looking at. As suggested by Afanasyeva L.A., the court significantly understated the amount of compensation for moral harm, it did not fully take into account the actual facts of the case, the degree of moral suffering caused by the death of her only child and irreplaceable loss of a loved one.

The court of appeal did not consider L.A. Afanasyeva’s disagreement with the amount of compensation for moral harm collected by the court of the first instance in her favor due to improper application of substantive law governing disputed relations between the parties. However, the court of appeal did not take into account that life and health are among the most important human values, and their protection should be a priority (Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). The citizen's right to compensation for harm caused to life or health is one of the universally recognized fundamental inalienable human rights and freedoms, derived from the right to life and health protection, directly enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation."

In the interests of N.Y.S. the prosecutor appealed to the court with a suit against city district administration in order to oblige to provide a comfortable living accommodation which meets the established standards and technical requirements and to conclude a specialized residential lease agreement for 5 years.

The decision of the Oktyabrskiy district court declared: to satisfy the claims of the prosecutor. To oblige the city district administration to provide N.Y.S. comfortable living accommodation meeting the established standards and technical requirements and to conclude a specialized residential lease agreement for 5 years (accommodation of at least 14 square meters).

The judicial boards for civil cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan upheld this decision and used arguments, including the provisions of the article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which guarantees the right of a person to adequate housing.

I.A.F. appealed to the court arguing that the defendant (government agency, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia) denied an early old-age pension due to inadequate length of service with difficult working conditions. The petitioner considered this decision as illegal and asked to include certain periods of time in the work experience with difficult working conditions as well as to oblige the defendant to grant him an early old-age insurance pension.

The decision of Petrozavodsk city court of the Republic of Karelia dated July 1, 2015 satisfied the claims.

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The Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia upheld the decision and followed the provisions of Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which provides for the right to social security.

In order to further enhance the effectiveness of judicial protection of the rights provided for in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, periodic reviews of the judicial practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation systematically provide information on the current practices and legal positions of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights developed during the examination of individual complains.

For example, the Judicial Review of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 3 (2016), approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated October 19, 2016, included information on legal positions and circumstances of the case involving the consideration by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of communication No. 1/2013 Miguel Angel Lopez Rodriguez vs. Spain. The Judicial Review of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 2 (2016), approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated July 16, 2016, included information on legal positions and circumstances of the case connected with communication No. 2/20141/2013 I.D.G. vs. Spain considered by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Texts of decisions adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights following the consideration of complains are posted on the official website of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the section "Departmental Outline" ("International Law") accessible to lower courts.

Taking into account the interdependence of human rights and fundamental freedoms, information on practices of other intergovernmental bodies on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the Human Rights Committee, Committee against Torture, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Committee on the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women, European Court of Human Right, is brought to the attention of judges and employees of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and lower courts. Documents adopted by these bodies, including those taken on the basis of the examination of individual complaints (communications, statements), decisions (resolutions, opinions, views) are posted on the official website of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the section "Departmental Outline" ("International Law").

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Annex № 2 (to question 6 of the List of issues)

Table 1. Expenditures of budgets of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation(Consolidated budget of the Russian Federation and budgets of state extra-budgetary funds, bln. rub)

Title 2013 2014 2015 2016

Education 2 888,8 3 037,3 3 034,6 3 103,1

% to total expenditures 11,4% 11,0% 10,4% 9,9%

% to GDP 4,1% 3,8% 3,6% 3,6%

Health care 2 318,0 2 532,7 2 861,0 3 124,4

% to total expenditures 9,2% 9,2% 9,8% 10,0%

% to GDP 3,3% 3,2% 3,4% 3,6%

Social policy 8 757,2 8 803,3 10 055,4 10 914,2

% to total expenditures 34,6% 31,9% 34,3% 34,8%

% to GDP 12,3% 11,1 12,1 12,7%

Table 2. Expenditures of the federal budget on state support to citizens in providing housing and communal services (bln. rub).

2013 2014 2015 2016State Program of the Russian Federation "Providing Citizens of the Russian Federation with Accessible and Comfortable Housing and Communal Services"

117,0 77,5 111,6 62,3

Table 3. Expenditures of the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipal entities on state support to citizens in providing housing and communal services (bln. rub)

Budgetary allocations to the subjects of the

Russian Federation and municipal entities

Expenditures of the consolidated budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation

In kind In monetary form

2012 2015 2012 2015 2012 2015Payment for accommodation and utilities

102,0 134,1 14,9 22,2 93,7 111,9

Provision of housing 10,5 19,0 4,9 98,5 5,1 9,2Provision of fuel 2,7 2,8 0,1 *** 2,6 2,8Payment and installation of the phone

5802,6 6268,4 17,3 2,7 5681,1 6265,7

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Table 4. Providing citizens with social support for housing and utilities payments

Year Number of citizens who enjoy social

support mln. people

Amount of funds provided for social support of citizens to pay for

housing and utilities, bln. rub

Average monthly social support per

user, rub2013 37,2 266,9 5982014 36,7 275,8 6262015 36,7 287,7 654

Table 5. Subsidies for payment of housing and utilities provided to citizens

Year Number of subsidy services

Number of families receiving subsidies

Total amount of accrued subsidies,

bln. rub

Average monthly subsidy per

family, rubles,mln. as a percentage of the total number of families

2013 2791 3,55 6,4 59,1 10962014 2769 3,39 6,1 59,7 11572015 2543 3,35 6,0 62,7 1241

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Annex № 3 (to question 14 of the List of issues)

Employment and unemployment in 2013 - 2016

Table 1. Number of unemployed and unemployment rate in 2013-2016

2013 2014 2015 2016Number of unemployed (total), thousand people

4 137,4 3 889,4 4 263,9 4 243,5

Unemployment rate, %  5,5  5,2  5,6  5,5

Table 2. Number of unemployed and unemployment rate disaggregated by sex in 2013-2016

Men Women2013 2014 2015 2016 2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of unemployed (total), thousand people

2 241,6 2 123,4 2 296,2 2 268,7 1 895,9 1 766,0 1 967,8 1 974,8

Unemployment rate, %  5,8  5,5  5,8  5,7  5,2  4,8  5,3  5,3

Table 3. Number of unemployed and unemployment rate disaggregated by type of settlement in 2013-2016

City Rural2013 2014 2015 2016 2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of unemployed (total), thousand people

2 635,9 2 480,9 2 825,5 2 805,4 1 501,6 1 408,5 1 438,4 1 438,1

Unemployment rate, %  4,6  4,3  4,8  4,8  8,3  7,9  7,9  8,0

Table 4. Number of unemployed and unemployment rate disaggregated by age in 2013-2016

Number of unemployed (total), thousand people

Unemployment rate, %

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2013 2014 2015 2016Aged: 15 to 72 years 4 137,4 3 889,

4 4 263,9 4 243,5 5,5 5,2 5,6 5,5

Aged: 15 to 19 years 179,2 162,1 198,8 178,4 26,1 28,0 32,4 29,1

Aged: 20 to 24 years 880,4 790,5 842,5 811,1 12,6 12,4 14,3 14,9

Aged: 25 to 29 years 647,3 616,4 688,3 700,8 6,0 5,6 6,2 6,3

Aged: 30 to 34 491,8 484,1 541,3 557,9 5,0 4,8 5,1 5,17

yearsAged: 35 to 39 years 420,1 395,9 440,1 459,3 4,4 4,1 4,5 4,6

Aged: 40 to 44 years 352,3 334,3 373,6 380,3 4,1 3,8 4,1 4,0

Aged: 45 to 49 years 374,8 339,8 344,0 336,8 4,1 3,9 4,0 4,0

Aged: 50 to 54 years 433,8 407,4 444,9 417,6 4,4 4,1 4,5 4,3

Aged: 55 to 59 years 247,6 246,1 272,6 270,2 3,8 3,7 3,9 3,8

Aged: 60 to 72 years 110,3 112,8 117,9 131,0 3,2 3,2 3,1 3,3

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Annex № 4 (to question 18 of the List of issues)

Number of employed in the informal sector (primary employment) disaggregated by sex and age, thousand people

2013 2014 2015 2016Total 12883 13115 13569 13866Including at the age of:

15-19 244 199 203 21720-24 1419 1303 1208 111025-29 1865 1946 2019 202530-34 1750 1805 1926 196635-39 1649 1735 1770 181440-44 1460 1535 1619 170345-49 1520 1446 1482 148050-54 1427 1487 1542 155555-59 892 933 1033 110760-72 657 726 766 888

Men 7107 7273 7573 7740Including at the age of:

15-19 131 110 113 12320-24 801 746 689 63825-29 1093 1130 1201 119730-34 1005 1045 1138 115135-39 912 965 999 100740-44 808 853 895 94245-49 826 807 810 81650-54 752 784 817 84455-59 474 506 555 60260-72 307 327 355 419

Women 5776 5842 5996 6125Including at the age of:

15-19 114 90 90 9520-24 618 556 519 47225-29 772 815 818 82830-34 745 760 788 81535-39 737 770 771 80740-44 652 682 724 76145-49 694 639 672 66450-54 675 703 725 71155-59 418 427 478 50460-72 350 399 410 469

Number of employed in the informal sector (primary employment) by disaggregated sex and types of economic activity, thousand people

2013 2014 2015 2016Total 12883 13115 13569 13866

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Including by types of economic activity:

Agriculture, hunting and forestry 2541 2435 2564 2650

Fishery, fish farming 32 31 41 38Mining 21 22 21 25Manufacturing 1248 1234 1273 1354Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

32 38 36 35

Construction 1511 1593 1663 1562Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, household goods and personal items

4605 4594 4637 4681

Hotels and restaurants 384 428 463 501Transport and communication 1194 1262 1304 1348Financial activities 29 37 36 36Real estate transactions, rent and other services

504 539 573 590

Education 70 74 79 98Health care and social services 106 120 124 140

Provision of other utilities, social, personal and other services

606 706 751 808

Men 7107 7273 7573 7740Including by types of economic activity:

Agriculture, hunting and forestry 1420 1358 1453 1534

Fishery, fish farming 28 28 38 34Mining 19 19 19 23Manufacturing 748 732 787 813Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

26 31 29 30

Construction 1385 1453 1525 1436Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, household goods and personal items

1765 1812 1823 1862

Hotels and restaurants 101 109 119 141Transport and communication 1080 1137 1172 1223Financial activities 11 14 13 13Real estate transactions, rent and other services

318 345 356 379

Education 19 19 19 28Health care and social services 39 45 45 49

Provision of other utilities, social, personal and other services

148 172 175 174

Women 5776 5842 5996 6125

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Including by types of economic activity:

Agriculture, hunting and forestry 1121 1077 1111 1116

Fishery, fish farming 3 3 3 4Mining 2 3 2 2Manufacturing 500 503 486 541Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

6 8 7 5

Construction 126 140 139 126Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, household goods and personal items

2839 2782 2814 2819

Hotels and restaurants 283 319 344 360Transport and communication 114 125 132 124Financial activities 18 23 23 23Real estate transactions, rent and other services

186 194 217 212

Education 51 55 61 69Health care and social services 67 76 79 90

Provision of other utilities, social, personal and other services

458 534 577 634

Number of employed in the informal sector (primary employment*) disaggregated by status, thousand people

2013 2014 2015 2016Total 12883 13115 13569 13866Including by status:employed 7907 8159 8524 8631free-lance 4976 4956 5045 5235Of themEmployers 783 833 825 813Self-employed 3960 3866 3982 4161family business workers *) 234 258 237 261

*) including family members helping as farm workers.

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Annex № 5 (to question 25 of the List of issues)

Table 1. Proportion of poor population in the total population in 2016 for the subjects of the Russian Federation, as a percentage of the total population

Share of population with money

income below the

subsistence level

The share of population with money income is lower:

40% of the median per capita money

income

50% of the median per capita money

income

Russian Federation 13,5 11,6 18,3Central Federal District

Belgorod Region 8,0 10,7 17,3Bryansk Region 13,4 9,8 16,4Vladimir Region 14,6 8,1 14,6Voronezh Region 9,3 11,3 18,0Ivanovo Region 14,7 8,4 14,9Kaluga Region 10,6 9,4 16,0Kostroma Region 13,0 8,2 14,6Kursk Region 9,9 9,7 16,3Lipetsk Region 8,9 10,1 16,7Moscow Region 8,2 10,6 17,3Orel Region 14,0 8,9 15,5Ryazan Region 12,7 9,1 15,6Smolensk Region 17,8 8,7 15,2Tambov Region 10,3 9,9 16,5Tver Region 12,5 7,2 13,4Tula Region 10,2 9,2 15,7Yaroslavl Region 10,8 9,8 16,4Moscow 9,0 12,1 18,8Northwestern Federal DistrictRepublic of Karelia 17,1 6,6 12,7Komi Republic 16,7 10,2 16,8Arkhangelsk Region 14,7 9,1 15,7

including:Nenets Autonomous Area 10,4 12,0 18,7Arkhangelsk Region w/o Nenets Autonomous Area 14,3 8,5 14,9

Vologda Region 13,3 8,8 15,3Kaliningrad Region 14,5 8,5 15,0

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Leningrad Region 10,2 9,5 16,1Murmansk Region 13,0 8,4 14,9Novgorod Region 14,7 9,1 15,7Pskov Region 19,0 7,1 13,3Saint-Petersburg 8,0 11,8 18,5

Southern Federal DistrictRepublic of Adygeya 13,6 9,4 16,0Republic of Kalmykia 31,2 8,8 15,3Republic of Crimea 20,6 6,5 12,6Krasnodar Region 11,7 11,7 18,4Astrakhansk Region 16,3 9,7 16,3Volgograd Region 15,1 7,7 14,0Rostov Region 13,9 10,3 16,9Sevastopol 14,9 7,3 13,6

North Caucasian Federal District

Republic of Dagestan 10,7 10,0 16,6Republic of Ingushetia 31,7 8,0 14,4Kabardino-Balkar Republic 24,7 8,0 14,4Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic 24,7 7,9 14,3Republic of North Ossetia-Alania 14,6 8,3 14,7Chechen Republic 18,0 10,6 17,3Stavropol Region 14,1 9,4 16,0Privolzhsky Federal District

Republic of Bashkortostan 12,4 11,8 18,5Republic of Mari El 23,2 8,8 15,3Republic of Mordovia 18,7 8,4 14,9Republic of Tatarstan 7,5 11,6 18,3Udmurtian Republic 12,3 9,1 15,6Chuvash Republic 18,8 7,2 13,4Perm Region 14,8 11,6 18,3Kirov Region 16,0 7,3 13,6Nizhny Novgorod Region 9,7 10,9 17,6Orenburg Region 14,6 9,4 16,0Penza Region 14,9 9,0 15,5Samara Region 15,4 10,4 17,0Saratov Region 17,6 8,6 15,1

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Ulianovskaya oblast 15,4 8,5 14,9Ural Federal District

Kurgan Region 19,2 8,4 14,9Sverdlovsk Region 10,1 11,4 18,1Tyumen Region 15,5 12,4 19,1

including:Khanti-Mansiysk Autonomous Area –Ugra 13,8 10,7 17,4Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area 8,2 11,8 18,5Tyumensk Region (except for Khanti-Mansiysk Autonomous Area –Ugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area 15,1 10,5 17,2

Cheliabinsk Region 14,4 8,3 14,7Siberian Federal District

Republic of Altai 26,8 7,3 13,6Republic of Buryatia 18,3 11,2 17,9Republic of Tyva 42,5 8,0 14,4Republic of Khakassia 17,4 8,5 14,9Altaiyskiy Territory 17,9 9,2 15,7Trans-Baikal Territory 21,1 9,1 15,6Krasnoyarsk Territory 18,5 10,7 17,4Irkutsk Region 20,9 9,0 15,5Kemerovo Region 16,4 8,3 14,7Novosibirsk Region 16,9 9,1 15,7Omsk Region 14,4 11,0 17,7Tomsk Region 18,4 7,7 14,1Far Eastern Federal District

Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia) 19,4 10,5 17,2Kamchatka Territory 19,5 7,3 13,5Primorsk Territory 15,7 9,5 16,0Khabarovsk Territory 12,5 9,8 16,4Amur Region 16,1 9,6 16,2Magadan Region 15,0 8,9 15,4Sakhalin Region 9,5 11,6 18,3Jewish Autonomous Region 25,7 7,5 13,8Chukotka Autonomous Area 10,6 10,0 16,6

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Table 2. Proportion of population with income below the poverty line, set at the international level, taking into account purchasing-power parity

1,90$ per day 3,90$ per day 5$ per day 10$ per day

2013 0,0% 0,4% 1,0% 7,5%

2014 0,0% 0,3% 0,8% 6,7%

2015 0,0% 0,3% 0,7% 5,9%

Table 3. Distribution of low-income population disaggregated by age and sex

2013 2014 2015

Low-income population in total 100% 100% 100%including:Children under the age of 16 28,4% 28,7% 28,8%Working age population 61,5% 60,5% 60,0%Men aged 16 - 30 10,8% 10,1% 9,8%Women aged 16 – 30 11,6% 11,1% 10,8%Men aged 31 - 59 19,2% 19,0% 19,2%Women aged 31 - 54 19,9% 20,3% 20,2%Population over working age 10,1% 10,7% 11,2%Men aged 60 and over 2,7% 3,1% 3,2%Women aged 55 and over 7,4% 7,6% 8,0%

Table 4. Distribution of low-income population by economic activity

2013 2014 2015

Low-income population in total 100% 100% 100%including:Economically active population 64,9% 64,4% 66,6%including:employed in the economy 62,7% 62,8% 63,8%of them working pensioners 4,5% 4,7% 4,6%unemployed 2,3% 1,6% 2,8%Economically inactive population 35,1% 35,6% 33,4%of them non-working pensioners 11,5% 12,0% 15,2%

Table 5. Distribution of low-income population by residence

2013 2014 2015

Low-income population in total 100% 100% 100%including:Living in cities – total 58,7% 61,1% 62,4%including with population, people :more than 1 million. 8,3% 9,4% 9,9%250 thous. – 1 mln. 6,8% 7,8% 9,0%100 thous. – 250 thous. 8,4% 8,1% 7,9%

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50 thous.-100 thous. 7,3% 8,4% 7,8%less than 50 thous. 27,8% 27,4% 27,7%Living in rural area – total 41,3% 38,9% 37,6%including with population, people :more than 5 thous. 11,9% 10,0% 9,6%1 thous. – 5 thous. 17,0% 17,7% 17,4%200 – 1 thous. 11,9% 10,7% 10,3%less than 200 0,5% 0,5% 0,4%

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Annex № 6 (to question 28 of the List of issues)

Table 1. Price index in the primary housing market in the Russian Federation at the end of the period, in % by the end of the previous period

2013 2014 2015 2016All apartments 104,8 105,7 99,7 99,6including: medium quality (typical) apartments 104,1 106,2 100,2 100,4 improved quality apartments 105,0 105,3 99,0 98,4luxury apartments 105,6 108,3 103,4 104,6

Table 2. Price index in the secondary housing market in the Russian Federation at the end of the period, in % by the end of the previous period

2013 2014 2015 2016All apartments 103,6 105,1 96,8 97,0including: low quality apartments 104,8 105,8 96,3 94,3 medium quality (typical) apartments 103,7 104,9 95,1 96,3 improved quality apartments 102,9 105,1 97,6 97,6 luxury Apartments 105,7 105,7 103,5 101,6

Table 3. Consumer price index for goods and services in the Russian Federation for 2013-2016at the end of the period, in % to December of the previous year

2013 2014 2015 2016ALL GOODS AND SERVICES 106,5 111,4 112,9 105,4FOOD AND SOFT DRINKS 106,0 116,4 114,8 104,2HOUSING UTILITIES, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS

108,5 108,7 109,9 105,2

The actual rent paid by the lessee 110,1 178,6 132,5 112,3Cold water supply 107,8 104,8 110,4 106,5Sewerage services 108,3 105,2 110,6 108,1Other types of maintenance of premises 105,1 120,0 113,0 106,0Electricity 112,9 104,0 108,4 105,8Gas 114,8 104,2 107,2 101,3Hot water supply, steam heating 110,8 106,2 109,5 105,4

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Annex № 7 (to question 33 of the List of issues)

Table 1. Number of disabled children attending educational organizations: pre-school education, child-support and child care in the Russian Federation

(at the end of the year)2013 2014 2015 2016

Number of disabled pupils 46456 54691 60551 67279Percentage of disabled pupils out of the total number of pupils attending educational organizations: pre-school education, child-support and child care

0,7 0,8 0,8 0,9

Table 2. Number of disabled children studying in educational organizations: primary, basic and general secondary education programs in the Russian Federation

(at the beginning of the school year; people)2013 2014 2015 2016

Total number of pupils with disabilities 225750 234772 249839 263422

Table 3. Information on disabled students of vocational educational organizations and educational organizations of higher education in the Russian Federation

(at the beginning of the school year; people)2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Vocational educational organizations which provide training of mid-level professionalsNumber of accepted disabled students

5185 4456 4308 5268 5882

Total number of disabled students 14306 12359 12369 14788 16796Number of graduated specialists 3099 2533 2475 2895 3320Educational organizations of higher educationNumber of accepted disabled students

5530 5194 5179 5966 6087

Total number of disabled students 18919 16779 16768 18043 19538Number of graduated specialists 2712 2500 2561 4120 3139

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Annex № 8 (to question № 35 of the List of issues )

Information on registered mass media circulated in native languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation (as of 2016).

№ Language Total Printed periodic media

News agencies E-media On-line media

1. Abazin 9 5 1 1 22. Avar 38 33 0 2 3

3. Aghul 3 2 0 0 1

4. Adygei 26 18 1 2 5

5. Adighe 2 1 0 0 1

6. Azerbaijani 80 54 6 7 13

7. Altai 21 18 0 1 2

8. Balkar 26 21 0 1 4

9. Bashkir 172 150 6 6 10

10. Buryat 49 34 1 2 12

11. Daghestanian 1 0 1 0 0

12. Dargin 20 17 0 1 2

13. Dolgan 8 6 0 1 1

14. Ingush 17 15 0 1 1

15. Kabardino-Circassian 4 4 0 0 0

16. Kabardian 22 18 0 0 4

17. Kazakh 121 78 8 10 25

18. Kalmyk 31 26 0 2 3

19. Karachai 23 19 1 1 2

20. Karelian 13 11 0 1 1

21. Komi 40 30 3 2 5

22. Komi-Permyak 29 25 1 2 1

23. Crimean Tatar 43 41 0 0 2

24. Kumyk 24 21 0 1 2

25. Lak 17 14 0 1 2

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26. Lezghin 24 21 0 1 2

27. Mansi 6 3 0 1 2

28. Mari 45 36 3 3 3

29. Moksha 2 1 0 0 130. Mokshan 17 14 1 1 131. Mordvinian 13 8 1 2 2

32. Mordvinian-Moksha 5 4 0 0 1

33. Nanay 5 2 1 1 1

34. Nenets 18 15 1 1 1

35. Nogai 20 15 1 1 3

36. Ossetic 57 49 3 1 4

37. Rutulian 11 9 1 0 1

38. Sakha 1 0 0 0 1

39. Selkup 0 0 0 0 0

40. Old Slavonic 3 2 0 1 0

41. Tabasaran 15 12 0 1 2

42. Tagay 0 0 0 0 0

43. Tatar 588 462 18 75 33

44. Tat 4 1 0 1 2

45. Tuvinian 45 37 1 2 5

46. Udmurt 54 43 2 4 5

47. Ukrainian 315 220 24 24 47

48. Finno-Ugric 2 2 0 0 0

49. Khakas 17 13 0 1 3

50. Khanty 9 6 0 1 2

51. Tsakhurian 5 4 0 0 1

52. Church Slavonic 7 5 0 2 0

53. Circassian 10 6 1 1 2

54. Chechen 77 66 3 4 4

55. Chuvash 106 92 5 4 5

56. Chukchi 11 7 1 1 2

57. Evenk 15 13 0 1 1

58. Even 9 7 0 1 1

59. Erzya-Mordvinian 5 4 0 0 1

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60. Erzya 18 13 1 1 3

61. Yukagir 4 4 0 0 0

62. Languages of the peoples of the North 0 0 0 0 0

63. Languages of the peoples of Dagestan 7 6 0 1 0

64.

Languages of the peoples of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic

3 1 0 2 0

65. Yakut 116 100 6 1 9

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Annex №9 (to question 36 of the List of issues)

Internet connectivity dynamics.

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