This survey took place between 20-23 January 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%
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TOOK PLACE IN DAVOS FROM 7-20 JANUARY. DO YOU THINK THAT RUSSIA IS NOW ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WORLD POWERS? IF NOT, THEN, IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON? (one asnwer)
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| On an equal footing with the most influential world powers | 17 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 41 |
| NOT on an equal footing with the most influential world powers | 42 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 45 | 38 | 37 |
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| Lagging behind leading countries in terms of economic development | 23 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 23 |
| Resistance from Western countries | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 6 |
| Political instability in Russia | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Lagging behind leading countries in terms of the state of democracy | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Difficult to say if on an equal footing with the most influential world powers or not | 41 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 23 |
WHAT ATTITUDE DO YOU THINK THE MAJORITY OF ADVANCED COUNTRIES HAVE TOWARDS RUSSIA?
| Jan.07 | Jan.08 | Jan.09 | Jan.13 | Mar.14 | Jan.15 | Jan.16 | Jan.17 | |
| Friend | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Partner | 32 | 34 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 16 |
| Competitor | 33 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 39 |
| Enemy | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| Don’t pay Russia much attention | 15 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| It is difficult to say | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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