In April, the most memorable event for Russians was Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Federal Assembly. In second place were the events related to Alexei Navalny and the demonstrations in his support. In addition, respondents paid attention to the aggravation of the situation in Donbas and the deterioration of relations with Europe and the United States. Fewer and fewer people called events related to the coronavirus and vaccination memorable.

This survey was conducted April 22 – 28 2021, among a representative sample of all Russian urban and rural residents. The sample was comprised of 1614 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%

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