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catching it. These results are also comparable to those of similar surveys conducted in recent months. In July, 49% of those surveyed were afraid of contracting the coronavirus, but the same portion of respondents were not.
Among politicians who are trusted by Muscovites, Sergei Sobyanin (19%) ranks first​, and Vladimir Putin (18%) ranks second, with a statistical error. Only one figure of a “non-federal” scale - Ilya Yashin (3%) - got into the top ten politicians. And this despite the fact that the respondents were asked to name the "Moscow politicians". In the top twenty - Lyubov Sobol (2%), Dmitry Gudkov (1%), Ilya Varlamov (1%), Konstantin Yankauskas (1%). Among other politicians, Yulia Galyamina, Sergei Mitrokhin, Maxim Katz and others were also sometimes mentioned.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ratings remain at pre-quarantine levels — if presidential elections were to be held next weekend, 39% of Russian citizens would cast their vote for him​. In December 2019, the share of Russians ready to support Putin was 38%, according to the results of a new survey from the independent Levada Center. Notably, the next most popular answers among respondents were “I would not vote” (24%) and “I don’t know who to vote for” (16%). As underscored by Open Media, the survey results show that political preferences in Russia are changing among different age groups. Over the past year, the share of 18 to 24 year olds ready to vote for Putin fell from 36% to 20%. On the other hand, among people between the ages of 40 and 54, support for the current president grew from 31% to 39%. Political preferences among the age groups 25 to 39 and 55 plus remain stable. Like last year, 30% and 51% of them, respectively, are prepared to vote for Putin.
Only a quarter of Russians opposed this year’s Khabarovsk protests,
according to a new poll, but half took a dim view of those in Belarus, where a movement led by Western-backed activists is challenging Alexander Lukashenko. The survey of 1,609 adults revealed that, of six of the year’s most important political events, the anti-government demonstrations in Belarus were the least popular, with 50% of those questioned responding negatively. This reaction was more pronounced in those over 55, with a majority (56%) believing them to be bad. In contrast, Russians reacted much better to protests on their home soil. The demonstrations in Khabarovsk, sparked by the arrest of popular Governor Sergey Furgal, saw emotions tend in a positive direction. Just 26% of respondents said these protests were a bad thing, with 36% in favor, and 19% neutral. Earlier this year, while the demonstrations were still ongoing, a separate opinion poll discovered that 45% of Russians supported those marching in the streets.
Russians have some of the world’s most conservative attitudes toward gender roles​, according to a multinational survey spanning 10 countries. The GlobalNR research network and its Russian partner ROMIR found that 82% of
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