Левада-Центр : Xenophobia

This survey was conducted August 20–26, 2020, among a representative sample of all Russian urban and rural residents. The sample was comprised of 1601 people aged 18 or older in 137 municipalities of 50 regions of the Russian Federation. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the total number of participants along with data from previous surveys.

The statistical error of these studies for a sample 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%

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT JEWISH PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	2	6	12	13
As close friends	3	8	10	10
As neighbors	8	13	12	13
As colleagues at work	9	6	7	7
As Russian residents	27	32	28	25
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	17	11	12	14
I would not allow them into Russia	17	15	12	13
It is difficult to say	16	10	7	6

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT CHINESE PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	1	2	4	5
As close friends	1	5	6	5
As neighbors	5	8	8	9
As colleagues at work	5	4	6	7
As Russian residents	13	20	19	16
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	30	27	28	30
I would not allow them into Russia	32	27	25	22
It is difficult to say	13	9	5	6

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT (DARK-SKINNED) INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	1	1	2	3
As close friends	1	3	5	4
As neighbors	5	6	5	6
As colleagues at work	5	2	4	4
As Russian residents	15	17	18	17
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	29	27	31	31
I would not allow them into Russia	26	33	30	28
It is difficult to say	18	10	5	6

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT PERSONS OF CENTRAL ASIAN DESCENT (TAJIK, UZBEK) INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	1	2	3	4
As close friends	1	3	4	4
As neighbors	4	6	6	7
As colleagues at work	4	3	4	5
As Russian residents	18	19	22	18
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	29	30	30	33
I would not allow them into Russia	29	30	29	26
It is difficult to say	13	6	4	4

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT UKRAINIANS INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	5	6	11	11
As close friends	4	6	8	7
As neighbors	10	8	10	11
As colleagues at work	6	3	5	5
As Russian residents	31	29	28	23
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	20	20	19	22
I would not allow them into Russia	13	22	16	19
It is difficult to say	12	7	4	3

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT ROMANI PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	1	1	2	3
As close friends	1	1	2	2
As neighbors	3	5	5	4
As colleagues at work	2	1	2	1
As Russian residents	24	23	29	23
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	19	18	16	19
I would not allow them into Russia	35	43	41	44
It is difficult to say	15	8	5	5

TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD YOU ACCEPT CHECHENS INTO YOUR LIFE? (one answer)

	August 2010	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
As family members	1	2	3	4
As close friends	1	4	5	5
As neighbors	4	7	7	8
As colleagues at work	3	2	4	3
As Russian residents	22	31	34	32
I would allow them into Russia only temporarily	19	19	16	18
I would not allow them into Russia	38	27	27	26
It is difficult to say	13	9	5	5

IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH POLICIES SHOULD THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ADOPT CONCERNING MIGRANT WORKERS: RESTRICT OR SUPPORT THE INFLOW OF FOREIGN CITIZENS COMING TO RUSSIA FOR WORK? (one answer)

	July 2017	July 2018	August 2019	August 2020
Restrict the inflow of migrant workers	58	67	72	73
Support the inflow of migrant workers	6	14	9	11
I do not care	30	17	15	14
It is difficult to say	6	2	4	3

WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE IDEA OF “RUSSIA FOR RUSSIANS”? (one answer)

	Supportive, it should have been implemented long ago	It would be good to implement it, but within reasonable limits	Negative, it is real fascism	I am not interested	It is difficult to say
Aug 20	19	32	29	15	5
July 19	23	32	27	13	6
July 18	19	30	30	18	3
July 17	10	30	27	24	9
July 16	14	38	21	21	6
Aug 15	16	35	25	16	8
July 14	18	36	27	14	5
Oct 13	23	43	19	9	6
Nov 12	15	41	23	14	6
Nov 11	19	40	23	11	7
Jan 11	15	43	24	13	5
Nov 09	18	36	32	9	5
Oct 08	15	42	25	12	7
Aug 07	14	41	27	11	7
Aug 06	17	37	28	11	7
Aug 04	22	37	25	12	5
July 02	17	38	28	10	7

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).

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