The survey took place between 25 and 28 April 2014 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 134 localities of 46 of the country’s regions. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 3.4%.
HOW SUBSTANTIAL IS THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL SEPARATISM IN RUSSIA (REGIONAL MOVEMENTS TO SEPARATE FROM RUSSIA)?
|
|
Nov. 13 |
Apr. 14 |
|
Very substantial |
11 |
5 |
|
Somewhat substantial |
39 |
33 |
|
Not very substantial |
24 |
29 |
|
No such problem |
9 |
20 |
|
It is difficult to say |
17 |
13 |
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RUSSIANS IN THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS?
|
Very worried |
18 |
|
Somewhat worried |
40 |
|
Not very worried |
27 |
|
Not at all worried |
11 |
|
It is difficult to say |
5 |
IN WHICH OF THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS ARE THE RIGHTS OF RUSSIANS AND RUSSIAN SPEAKERS VIOLATED?
|
Ukraine |
62 |
|
Latvia |
53 |
|
Lithuania |
48 |
|
Estonia |
46 |
|
Georgia |
25 |
|
Kazakhstan |
12 |
|
Moldova |
12 |
|
Azerbaijan |
11 |
|
Tajikistan |
11 |
|
Uzbekistan |
10 |
|
Turkmenistan |
9 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
8 |
|
Armenia |
5 |
|
Belarus |
4 |
|
None |
5 |
|
It is difficult to say |
17 |
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: “IN UKRAINE, THE RIGHTS OF THE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING POPULATION ARE BEING VIOLATED”?
|
Yes |
66 |
|
No |
13 |
|
It is difficult to say |
21 |
DO YOU KNOW IN WHAT WAY THE RIGHTS OF RUSSIANS AND RUSSIAN-SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN INFRINGED UPON IN…
|
|
All former Soviet Republics |
The Baltics |
Ukraine |
The South Caucasus |
Belarus |
Kazakhstan and Central Asia |
|
A ban on the official use of the Russian language |
50 |
39 |
47 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
Psychological discrimination – insults, threats, harassment, rudeness |
42 |
26 |
38 |
13 |
4 |
11 |
|
A ban or limitations on teaching Russian language in schools |
41 |
31 |
34 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
Physical attacks – beatings, assaults, arson, riots |
32 |
8 |
32 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Forced eviction or abandonment of one’s house and property |
29 |
12 |
19 |
9 |
1 |
13 |
|
Refusal to recognize citizenship |
26 |
31 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Inability to find employment |
22 |
16 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
|
Stripping of civil rights (voting and others) |
20 |
22 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Ban on certain types of profession |
16 |
13 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
Greater socioeconomic difficulties than those from the titular nation |
13 |
14 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
Inability to open and conduct a business |
7 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Other |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
I don’t know of any such discrimination against Russian-speakers in these countries |
11 |
14 |
9 |
30 |
53 |
34 |
|
It is difficult to say |
7 |
23 |
15 |
39 |
36 |
35 |
IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT MEANS SHOULD RUSSIA PRIMARILY USE IN RELATION TO COUNTRIES WHERE THE RIGHTS OF RUSSIANS ARE VIOLATED?
|
Economic pressure and economic sanctions |
41 |
|
Political pressure and political sanctions |
34 |
|
Reciprocal actions against the citizens of those countries in Russia (for example, deportation) |
28 |
|
Unifying territories with concentrated Russian populations with Russia, if it is the will of those territories |
15 |
|
Introducing limited contingent of Russian troops into those countries’ territories |
8 |
|
It is difficult to say |
14 |
WOULD YOU WANT…
|
|
I definitely would want that |
I probably would want that |
I probably wouldn’t want that |
I definitely wouldn’t want that |
It is difficult to say |
|
Russia to expand its territories to include regions of concentrated Russian-speaking populations |
9 |
41 |
23 |
9 |
19 |
|
A new government system to be established – a Eurasian Union of which Russia and other former Soviet Republics were members |
9 |
30 |
26 |
11 |
24 |
|
To become a citizen of the Eurasian Union |
7 |
27 |
27 |
15 |
24 |
|
Russia to join the European Union in the foreseeable future |
2 |
19 |
33 |
20 |
26 |
|
To become a citizen of the European Union |
3 |
17 |
33 |
21 |
26 |
HOW WOULD YOU VOTE IF THERE WERE A REFEREDUM ON WHETHER RUSSIA SHOULD JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION OR THE CUSTOMS UNION WITH UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND KAZAKHSTAN?
|
I would vote for Russia to join the Customs Union with Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan |
43 |
|
I would vote for Russia to join the European Union |
9 |
|
I would not vote on this referendum |
28 |
|
It is difficult to say |
20 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).