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.
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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.