The scale of the upheavals in the global and Russian economies allows us to view the current crisis not as an economic phenomenon, but rather as a social one. Universal support measures in the form of tax, credit and rental leave, which will be applied to all sectors of the economy and companies without exception and will be financed from the budget and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, are the right recipe in the very difficult economic conditions of to-day. Reconfiguration of the system of national projects by redistributing funds to ensure demand for the products of competitive industries, including such as au-tomobile and rail transport, air and sea traffic, should contribute to an effective structural adjustment of the economy during the period of post-crisis recovery. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.