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Russians take credit crunch in their stride
Published: 07 March, 2009, 15:56
Edited: 07 June, 2010, 22:32
AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova
TAGS: Russia, Protest, Crisis Chronicle
Only one in every four Russians is keen to protest against falling living standards, with 60 per cent of the population saying they’re in no hurry to protest.
Barely a quarter of the Russian population are prepared to take part in any anti-crisis protests. That’s according to a public opinion poll conducted by Levada-Center at the end of February.
The poll showed that slightly more than 60 per cent would not take to the streets for such a cause, with 16 per cent undecided.
Poll info
Conducted: Feb. 20–23, 2009
Respondents: 1,600
Geo: 128 areas in 46 regions
Statistical error: 3.4% max.
Despite the lack of interest in street protests, sociologists also discovered that more people in Russia would take part in a protest than in a show of support.
Only nine per cent of Russians say they’re prepared to publicly demonstrate their backing of the government’s policies, with 78 per cent having no intention of doing so.
Participants of pro-government rallies enjoy the understanding and support of roughly every third respondent, with almost all the rest feeling for protesters.
The most eager protesters in Russia are men, those in the 40 to 54 age group and residents of small and medium-sized towns and rural areas.
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I think that Russian economical problems mainly rised from the fact that Russia for the very long time was a military country, and was closed. The World market have not seen of Russian made products and Russia mainly made their income from the sales of the main resourses, like the gas, oil, metals, and trades with the previous USSR republics. But look, for an example, in Britain! Country so poor on the resourses managed to build one of the World greatest economy and banking sector! - Small and big trading of all most anything or everything, plus creating a World greatest enterteinment culural centre like SOHO, West End musicals, rock culture, disighner lebels - it is all make and bring money to the country! English language become a language of communications between different countries and here too - the educational, media and advertising, cultural sector become an asset for the English speaking countries! I can go on and on - but my main point is that Russia now is switching from the Military regime into becoming the New Economical zone and trade centre and this would take some time to build! I hope it would happened soon and that will reduce the poverty rate at greater scale! Maria Kuznetsova Maria Kuznetsova