Among the most important events of the past year, the respondents named the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region, the presidential elections in Russia, and the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. The majority of respondents rate the outgoing year as “average”. Moreover, the respondents rate the past year more positively for themselves than for Russia as a whole. According to more than half of respondents, the person of 2024 was V. Putin, also mentioned were S. Lavrov, D. Trump, A. Lukashenko, M. Mishustin, S. Jinping, A. Belousov and V. Orban. Nevsky was named the best TV series of 2024, and Cheburashka and Love of the Soviet Union were named the best feature films.

The most important event of 2024 was described by the respondents as the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region – 35%. Three out of ten (31%) mentioned the Russian presidential election, the same number mentioned the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow (31%), as well as the Oreshnik missile attack on Yuzhmash (30%). They also mentioned the US presidential election (21%), rising interest rates, rising prices, housing and communal services tariffs, the dollar exchange rate (21%), and drone attacks on Russian territory (18%).

  Putin (13%), war in Syria (12%), YouTube slowdown (11%), natural disasters, floods, fires, cold weather (10%), tougher checks on migrants, migration legislation (10%), successes in the Special Military Operation (10%), conflict in the Middle East (10%), anti-corruption scandals in the Ministry of Defense (10%) and other events. 

In general, Russians rate the outgoing year as “average” – 65% (an increase of 24% since 2020). Almost equal shares of respondents describe the past year as a bad one (18%) and a good one (17%).

Respondents aged 40-54 (22%), less well-off respondents (31% among those who barely have enough to eat), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (29%), and those who disapprove of the current government’s activities are more likely to rate the outgoing year 2024 as a bad one. the president (33%), those who trust YouTube channels as a source of information (25%).

Women (69%), older respondents (71% among those aged 55 and older), those who barely have enough to eat (71%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (66%), those who approve of V. Putin’s performance as president (65%), and those who trust television as a source of information (71%) assess the passing year of 2024 as average more often.

Men (20%), young people under 24 (36%), more affluent respondents (23% among those who can afford durable goods), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (20%), those who approve of V. Putin’s performance as president (18%) assess the passing year of 2024 as good more often.

For half of the respondents (55%), 2024 turned out to be the same as the previous 2023. For one third of the respondents (35%), it is more difficult than the previous one, and for one in ten (10%) it is easier.

Women (37%), respondents aged 40-54 (40%), less well-off respondents (52% among those who barely have enough to eat), those who think that things in the country are going in the wrong direction (53%), those who disapprove of V. Putin’s activity as president (48%) were more likely to say that the outgoing year was “more difficult than the previous one”.

2024 was more often called “the same as the previous one” by older respondents (61% among respondents aged 55 and older), more affluent respondents (60% among those who can afford durable goods), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (58%), those who approve of V. Putin’s performance as president (56%).

The most frequent respondents who said that 2024 was “easier than the previous one” were young people under 24 (28%), more affluent respondents (15% among those who can afford durable goods), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (12%), and those who approve of V. Putin’s performance as president (11%).

In contrast to the estimates of the outgoing year for the respondent personally / family, the assessment of the results of the year for Russia as a whole is somewhat more pessimistic: one in two (50%) believes that 2024 turned out to be more difficult for the country than the previous one, 39% of respondents say it was the same as the previous one, and another 11% believe that the outgoing year was easier than 2023.

Women (53%), less well-off respondents (56% among those who barely have enough to eat), rural residents (54%), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (64%), those who disapprove of Putin’s performance as president (64%), and those who trust YouTube channels as a source of information (59%) are more likely to say that 2024 was more difficult for Russia than the previous one.

Residents of Moscow (47%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (41%), those who approve of V. Putin’s activity as president (40%), and those who trust television as a source of information (42%) think that 2024 was the same for the country as the previous one.

Men (16%), young people under 24 (16%), more affluent respondents (14% among those who can afford durable goods), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (14%), and those who approve of V. Putin’s performance as president (12%).

More than half of the respondents (61%) rated the outgoing year as a successful one. The three–year (from 2020 to 2023) growth in the number of respondents who consider the outgoing year to be successful has stopped (up to 61%) – a decrease of 3% compared to last year’s measurement. There has also been an increase in the share of respondents who believe that the outgoing year was generally unsuccessful to 28%.

The fact that the outgoing year 2024 was successful is more often noted by young people under 24 (75%), more affluent respondents (70% among those who can afford durable goods), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (68%), those who approve of V. Putin’s activity as president (62%). 

Respondents aged 40-54 (33%), less well-off respondents (43% among those who barely have enough for food), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (39%), those who do not approves of the activities of the current president (36%).

According to 56% of Russians, V. Putin can be called the “man of the year 2024”. He has been at the top of this list since 1999. Every tenth respondent said that S. Lavrov (11%), D. Trump (10%) and A. Lukashenko (9%) could be called the person of the year. Lavrov (11%), D. Trump (10%) and A. Lukashenko (9%), another 6% mentioned M. Mishustin, 5% – Xi Jinping, 4% – A. Belousov, 3% – V. Orban.

Nevsky was named the best TV series of 2024 – 3%. “Magnificent Century”, “Secrets of the investigation”, “Trace”, “The Boy’s Word: Blood on the Asphalt” were also mentioned – 2% each.

Cheburashka and Love of the Soviet Union were named the best feature films, with 2% each. They were also named “Venom”, “The Last Hero”, “Substance” – 1% each.