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21% of respondents strongly deny the existence of extraterrestrial life.
A little under half of the country, 49%, said they need to see aliens with their own eyes before they say they are real. "One out of ten people are ready to recognize that UFOs are real if the head of state confirms this, 6% would trust the official media, 3% would believe their friends," the survey found. But 20% trust only the research of renowned scientists. Another 12% of Russians would be satisfied with video clips.
Russians hold different opinions about the attitude of aliens to earthlings. Some 24% believe that their intentions will be hostile, while 23% believe that they want to be friends. But more than half (53%) are sure that the existence of humans for aliens will be as much of a shock as vice versa. Two-thirds of respondents believe that if aliens are indeed real, they would be nothing like humans, either in appearance or technology.
Recent studies show that 15 percent to 45 percent of Russian emigrants have returned to Russia, and the process is expected to continue, prompting speculation that Russia is gradually reversing its brain drain following the 2022 migration crisis. A significant portion of the post-2022 Russian exiles is highly educated, urbanized, and mobile, making them a valuable long-term human capital acquisition for host communities. The leaders of some Western countries were quick to state that they would be happy to capitalize on this sudden influx.
The level of Russians' trust in President Vladimir Putin stands at 81.5%,
according to a poll conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). The survey, carried out between July 1 and 7, included 1,600 adults.
"Asked if they trusted Putin, 81.5% of survey participants responded in the affirmative (plus 0.6 percentage points). The president’s job approval rating increased by 0.6 percentage points over the week to 79.0%," VCIOM said in the survey.
The government's approval rating is at 52.8%, a slight decline of 0.3 percentage points. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's approval rating remains unchanged at 52.8%, while 62.2% of respondents expressed trust in him, an increase of 0.9 percentage points.
The survey also gauged public trust in the leaders of parliamentary factions. Chairman of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov enjoys a 34.5% trust rating, up 3.6 percentage points. Sergey Mironov, leader of A Just Russia — For Truth, is trusted by 28.0% of respondents, a rise of 1.6 percentage points. LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky has a trust rating of 20.5%, up 2.1 percentage points, while Alexey Nechayev, chairman of New People, is trusted by 9.7% of respondents, an increase of 2.3 percentage points.
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