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The large-scale all-Russian opinion poll RosIndex held by Synovate Comcon has found telltale signs of growing financial literacy in Russia. According to the research, nowadays Russia's population has been more aware of the financial products, services, and tools; people have acquired skills to use them and to be responsible for the decisions made. The Russians have become more cautious in solving their financial problems, they consider bank tariffs carefully, and they tend to plan ahead the fate of a funded component of retirement pension with due responsibility. Besides, average figures in terms of using credit proposals and bank deposits have also risen. Referring to the statistics, Moscow can boast of the highest financial activity rate – 39%, it outnumbers considerably the national average index. The Russians aged 25-44 pay utmost attention to offers from financial institutions. So, 37% of the capital city's population of this age division are inquisitive about interest rates, and 33% care for it outside Moscow. In addition to the fact that people from this age group display interest in banking products, they are also the most active users of the Pension Savings Fund's services and capital management companies.