Assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social and economic inequality of the Russian population

The article describes the results of an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pan-demic on the socio-economic inequality of the Russian population. Presented diagnosis of the main indicators of regional disparities in the baseline characteristics (per capita income of the population (in the cities, custom regions), the distribution of Russians in terms of salary, the total number of unemployed, poverty level, etc.) and based on the practical application of the author's methods for the classification of the «Seven grades – the criterion indicators of inequality» in the context of the proposed property groups, a systematization of the impact of the policy of public authorities in a pandemic is made. The key aspects of state response measures are structured taking into account the balance of interests of each of the property groups in an uncertain environment.