I do not think Yeltsin will have a role in government. He probably will be in public as a curiosity, as he has been on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. There are many very poor people, especially mothers who lost their jobs, and older people living on pensions that are worthless and sometimes not paid. They must pay market prices for things. But there was much poverty in Soviet times, but it was better hidden.
Some people are better off though, and at least they can help themselves.
The old bureaucrats are still there trying to force everyone to get permits for doing anything, though, and that makes self-help harder. And the Mafia is insisting on getting its share. There is much reliance on kitchen gardens that many people cultivate for themselves, and much bartering. People get paid in goods but they must find buyers for themselves. I hear that some teachers, for instance, who get paid in vodka are well-off.