Start-up projects in Russia and Ukraine

In April 2019, non-cash money payments to participants' bank cards
began without any conditions, which were made monthly for 3 months in
three regions of Russia: Moscow, Moscow Region and Buryatia. The
recipients were 8 people: parents with many children and retirees.
Payments amounted to 5,000 - 6,500 rubles per month per person. Sources
of payments - private donations. The scientific partner of the experiment is
the Institute of Socio-Economic Population Problems of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, which developed questionnaires for the main
income recipients. An anonymous survey of pilot participants was carried
out at the beginning of the project launch and after it. We studied the effect
of basic income on the recipients’ well-being, their mental and physical
health.