This survey took place between March 23-27, 2018 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 136 localities of 52 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. 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%.
WHICH EVENTS OF THE PAST FOUR WEEKS STAND OUT MOST IN YOUR MEMORY? (respondents named events themselves and could name more than one event; ranked in descending order)*
| Mar. 18 | |
| The election (campaigns, the Russian presidential election, the end of the presidential election) | 70 |
| “The Skripal Incident” (the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, the expulsion of diplomats, boycotts against Russia holding the World Cup) | 15 |
| The Olympics in Korea, the Paralympics | 9 |
| Events related to Vladimir Putin (winning the election, the film released about Putin, his speech) | 8 |
| Sporting events (the World Figure Skating Championships, the Biathlon World Cup, preparations for the World Cup, the match between Brazil and Russia) | 7 |
| Personal events in the respondent’s life | 7 |
| Events in Syria (the new migrant checkpoint set up in Syria, the plane crash) | 4 |
| Celebrating March 8th | 4 |
| Oleg Tabakov’s death | 4 |
| The fire in Kemerovo* | 3 |
| Incidents throughout Russia (gas explosions, the crash of an Antonov plane, traffic accidents, the helicopter in Chechnya) | 3 |
| Weather-related events (the start of spring, snowfalls and frost) | 2 |
| Events around the world (the terrorist attack in France, the cable car accident in Georgia, school shootings in the United States, the Japanese volcano Mount Shinmoedake erupting and releasing a cloud of ash) | 2 |
| Economic events (price increases, higher taxes, lower pensions, unemployment) | 2 |
| Nadiya Savchenko’s arrest | 2 |
| Events in Ukraine (the severance of economic ties with Ukraine, Donbass and the LPR) | 2 |
| Children being poisoned in Volokolamsk | 1 |
| Regional events (pheasants were released into the wild in Krasnodar Krai, a painting was stolen in Nizhny Novgorod, gold fell from the sky out of an airplane over Yakutia, a TV tower exploded in Yekaterinburg) | 1 |
| The scandal surrounding State Duma member Leonid Slutsky (accused of sexual harassment) | 1 |
| Other (Maslenitsa and Lent, February 23rd, “Earth Hour”, flu epidemic) | 4 |
| It is difficult to say (I don’t know, I don’t remember, things are the same as always) | 5 |
| No answer (There was nothing) | 6 |
*It should be noted that the primary stages of fieldwork for this poll were conducted before news of the tragedy in Kemerovo had spread, which is why it only received 3% within the general list of events.
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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