Financial practices in the Russian society: the criteria of sociological analysis

This article examines the financial practices as the behavioral patterns in the financial sector of the Russian society. The author offers a criteria for description and analysis of financial practice, which is the degree of subjectiv­ity, expressed as a view, and the level of autonomy and independence of deci­sions aimed at creating social impact. The article concludes that the adaptive pri­ority and financial practices are characterized by increasing adaptive capacity, which is reflected in the policy of increasing the strength of financial resources and the approval of the "defensive" legal and financial schemes.