New challenges for the Russian society

The article is a review of the book edited by M.K. Gorshkov and N.E. Tikhonova Russian Society and Challenges of the Time . Book 8 (Moscow: Ves Mir, 2025, 352 p.). This book by the scholars from the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences is based on many years of sociological research (2014-2024) and presents a comprehensive in-depth analysis of the changes in the Russian society under the influence of both external and internal risks and challenges. The book considers the features of public perception of the situation at the global, national, and local levels; factors determining social well-being and psychological state of different strata; different value and ideological groups; subjective well-being of Russians and causes of the persistent level of poverty; material and non-material forms of inequality. Under growing tensions with Western countries and new social-cultural challenges, the book focuses on life guidelines, normative-value attitudes and behavioral strategies of Russians. Therefore, the book can be recommended to researchers - sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, historians, economists, lawyers, and others.