The survey took place between 19 and 22 September 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%.
WHICH EVENTS OF THE LAST FOUR WEEKS DO YOU REMEMBER MOST? (multiple responses are possible)
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Hostilities / “anti-terror operation” in eastern Ukraine |
32 |
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The imposing of sanctions against Russia by the USA and Western Europe |
28 |
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Crimea’s unification with Russia |
24 |
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Russia’s imposition of a ban on the import of goods from the USA and Western Europe |
22 |
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Regime change in Ukraine, the election of Petro Poroshenko as president of Ukraine |
22 |
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The exchange of prisoners of war in Donbass |
20 |
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The humanitarian convoys from Russia to Ukraine |
19 |
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The signing of a ceasefire agreement by Ukrainian authorities in Minsk and the leadership in the Peoples’ Republics |
18 |
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All Russian voting day on 14 September |
18 |
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The bankruptcy of a number of Russian travel agencies |
17 |
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The crash of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing-777 |
15 |
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The Ebola epidemic in Africa |
14 |
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The referendum on Scottish independence |
11 |
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The execution of journalists in Iraq by ISIS militants |
9 |
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The passing of a law on the special status of several districts in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine |
9 |
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The counter-attack of rebels from the “Peoples’ Republics” in Donbass, and the siege of Mariopol |
8 |
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The leak of Yandex, Mail.ru, and Gmail user passwords in Russia |
7 |
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The house arrest of JSFC “System” leader Vladimir Yevtushenkov |
7 |
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s decree on the dismissal of the Verkhovna Rada and the initiation of parliamentary elections |
6 |
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The ratification by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine’s association with the European Union |
5 |
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The Venice Film Festival, Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Silver Lion” award for the film “The White Nights of the Postman” by Alexey Tryapitsyn |
5 |
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Flooding in India and Pakistan |
3 |
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The ceasefire in Gaza |
3 |
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The NATO summit in Wales |
2 |
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Early presidential elections in Abkhazia |
2 |
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The abolishment of the ministry of regional development in Russia |
1 |
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Other |
4 |
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It is difficult to say |
10 |
Translated by the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.