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
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Mass estimates of the outgoing year 2023
For the majority of respondents, 2023 turned out to be the same as the previous one. The respondents found the year “more difficult for the country” than for them personally. Two thirds of the respondents rated 2023 as a whole as “average”, one in five – as “good”. At the same time, two thirds called the year “successful for them personally”; this proportion has been increasing for three years.
Societal expectations for 2024
More than half of the respondents hope that the coming year will be better for them than the previous one. Three quarters of respondents look forward to the future with hope. More than half of the respondents fear that the coming year will be more stressful for the Russian economy and political sphere. At the same time, two thirds of respondents believe that the coming year will be more peaceful for them personally.
Russians’ perceptions of changes in various spheres in the outgoing year 2023
In 2023, according to Russians, the situation in most areas has not changed significantly. Separately, we can only highlight the deterioration of relations with Western countries, the NATO bloc – it is noted by almost three quarters of respondents.
The main political and cultural events and heroes of 2023
Russians named the most memorable events, films, TV series and people of the past year.