This survey took place between September 15-19, 2017 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 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed: 3.4% for indicators around 50%; 2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%; 2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%; 1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%.
IN YOUR OPINION, HOW TRUSTWORTHY IS/ARE…? (Respondents could only choose one answer; ranked in descending based on the column “Completely trustworthy”)
| Completely trustworthy | Somewhat trustworthy | Not at all trustworthy | It is difficult to say | |||||||||
| 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | |
| The president of the Russian Federation | 55 | 80 | 75 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| The military | 43 | 64 | 69 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| The FSB/other intelligence agencies | 36 | 50 | 57 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 11 |
| The church, religious organizations | 48 | 53 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Russian charitable organizations | – | – | 34 | – | – | 31 | – | – | 15 | – | – | 20 |
| The Federation Council | 24 | 40 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| The Public Prosecutor’s Office | 26 | 37 | 33 | 41 | 33 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
| The Russian government | 30 | 45 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 40 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| The State Duma | 25 | 40 | 33 | 44 | 36 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Small and medium-sized Russian businesses | – | – | 29 | – | – | 37 | – | – | 19 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| The press, radio, television | 24 | 34 | 30 | 50 | 41 | 48 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Regional authorities | 32 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 35 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| The police | 18 | 29 | 30 | 46 | 43 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| The courts | 21 | 29 | 26 | 44 | 37 | 43 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| Labor unions | 18 | 24 | 22 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 24 |
| Local (municipal) authorities | 27 | 32 | 27 | 42 | 37 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Russian banks | – | – | 20 | – | – | 47 | – | – | 24 | – | – | 10 |
| Large Russian businesses, industrial and business communities | – | – | 18 | – | – | 38 | – | – | 27 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
| Political parties | 12 | 20 | 19 | 46 | 39 | 45 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
The Trust in Social Institutions Index
(the index calculates the difference between “completely trustworthy”/”not at all trustworthy” and “somewhat trustworthy” as ½; the greater the importance of an institution, the lower the level of trust associated with it; ranked in descending order, starting with institutions that command a high level of trust and ending with those with low levels of trust)
| 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | |
| The president of the Russian Federation | 28 | 68 | 62 |
| The military | 13 | 46 | 54 |
| The FSB/other intelligence agencies | 6 | 27 | 38 |
| The church, religious organizations | 26 | 33 | 25 |
| Russian charitable organizations | – | – | 4 |
| The Federation Council | -18 | 10 | 2 |
| The Public Prosecutor’s Office | -13 | 7 | -2 |
| The Russian government | -15 | 12 | -5 |
| The State Duma | -23 | 5 | -9 |
| Small and medium-sized Russian businesses | – | – | -9 |
| The press, radio, television | -20 | -2 | -9 |
| Regional authorities | -9 | 1 | -10 |
| The police | -32 | -12 | -10 |
| The courts | -23 | -10 | -15 |
| Labor unions | -25 | -12 | -18 |
| Local (municipal) authorities | -20 | -11 | -18 |
| Russian banks | – | – | -28 |
| Large Russian businesses, industrial and business communities | – | – | -28 |
| Political parties | -44 | -27 | -31 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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