This survey took place between 5-8 August 2016 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%
2.0% for indicators around 10%
1.5% for indicators around 5%
WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN GRIEVANCES WITH THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT? (respondents named grievances THEMSELVES; multiple answers)
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| Unable to deal with rising prices and falling incomes | 38 | 49 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 47 | 46 | 41 | 55 | 48 | 42 |
| Doesn’t provide for citizens’ social security | 29 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 34 |
| Corrupt, acts primarily in its own interests | 9 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 27 |
| Unable to deal with economic crisis, falling production levels | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 25 |
| Doesn’t have a well thought out program for extricating Russia from the crisis | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 23 |
| Can’t provide people with work | 24 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 42 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 23 |
| Low professional level | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 11 |
| Acts in the interests of shadowy mafia capital | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 9 |
| Ineffective in fighting crime | 14 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Acts in the interests of foreign capital | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Unable to provide security for citizens, ineffective in fighting against terrorism | 17 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Unable to control the situation in the Southern Caucasus | 12 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| No grievances with the present government | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| It is difficult to say | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
* Before 2008: “Waging a ‘strange’ war in Chechnya.”
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).