‘Chief beneficiary’ of Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and Syria is Moscow TV, new poll shows
There have been innumerable surveys of Russian attitudes over the last decade, but most of them have been…
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‘The world has stopped loving or even respecting Russia and Putin,’ Shevtsova says
Polls show that countries around the world not only have stopped loving or even respecting Russia and Putin…
Ukrainian attitudes harden against Kremlin’s positions on Donbas
According to new polls, 60 percent of Ukrainians favor the introduction of international peacekeepers in the Donbas; and…
No foreigner cracked Russians’ top ten statesmen of all times and places
The Levada Center poll concerning whom Russians see as the most outstanding statesmen of all times and places…
Putin doesn’t want Russians to continue focusing on Crimea, Goryunova says
Vladimir Putin, who exploited Russian euphoria over the Anschluss of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea three years ago…
Putin’s supposedly overwhelming popular support could disappear overnight, Gudkov says
The Foundation for the Development of Civil Society says in a 26-page report that “’a Putin majority’” exists…
Russians list Putin’s greatest successes and greatest failures
A new Levada Center poll showing that more than half of Russians are tired of waiting for Vladimir…
‘Why should Russian taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?’
Eight days ago, US Secretary of State posed a rhetorical question to his G-7 counterparts, “Why should US…
‘Young Russians love Putin, state ownership and socialism,’ poll finds
The massive participation of young Russians in the March 26 anti-corruption demonstrations led many Russian and Western analysts…
Making Ukraine mono-ethnic – Putin’s greatest achievement and most fateful failure
Ninety-two percent of Ukrainian citizens now consider themselves ethnic Ukrainians, an unprecedented figure that is the product of…
‘Crimea effect’ weaker but still significant for the Kremlin, experts say
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process…
Latvians ready to defend their country in the underground if necessary
Fifty-five percent of Latvians say they are ready to take up arms to defend their country in the…
Russian invasion brought too many guns to Ukraine for any future protest to remain entirely peaceful, Bekeshkina warns
Iryna Bekeshkina, the sociologist who heads Kyiv’s Democratic Initiatives Foundation, says that so many Ukrainians now are in…
Disentangling the ‘fraternal’ Russian and Ukrainian peoples in 1991 and now
Two new commentaries, one about Russia’s refusal to enter into any larger political structure in 1991 if Ukraine…
A new man emerges in Russia – Homo Putinisticus – Eidman says
Russian society is now divided between “Russian Europeans” and members of a new species, Homo Putinisticus, according to…
Survey: Most Russians say they want a democracy but don’t support democratic values
A majority of Russians – 57 percent – say they want to live in a democratic state, according…
Why only 48% of Ukrainians blame Moscow alone for war in the Donbas?
Forty-eight percent of Ukrainians blame Moscow for the war in the Donbas, while 33 percent blame both Moscow…
“How many Putins are there?” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin elite’s anti-Americanism older and more deeply held than that of other Russians (study)
Members of the Russian elite became anti-American sooner and are more committed to anti-Americanism now than is the…
New climate of fear makes Russian polls ever less reliable, Moscow sociologist says
One of the few Russian sociologists who predicted the mass protests against the Putin regime in 2011-2012 says…