Contents tagged with VCIOM

  • Record anxiety among Russians as Ukraine’s Kursk offensive unfolds

    A staggering 49% of Russians have reported feeling anxious since the onset of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in Russia’s Kursk region. This figure, the highest recorded since at least September 2023, has been highlighted by The Moscow Times, citing a public opinion poll from the Public Opinion Foundation.

    Meanwhile, 45% of Russians sense a general calm among those around them, marking the lowest level of such sentiment this year. The last time anxiety overshadowed calmness was in May 202 …

  • Russian national survey agency changes poll questions after Putin’s rating falls to a historic low

    Russian government-funded Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) has changed the method of the survey it used to gauge the confidence of Russians in the government after the rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin fell to a historic low, reports the Current Time news outlet.

    Before that, sociologists asked Russians to answer an open-ended question, "Who is the politician you trust?". Now they added a closed question, "Do you trust Vladimir Putin?"

    According to published reports, the confidence …