More than half of Russians regret the collapse of the USSR. Such conclusions can be drawn from the data of a survey conducted by the Levada Center. The study was timed to coincide with the December anniversary of the signing of the Belovezhskaya Accords. However, according to the survey, only 12% of citizens were in favor of restoring the USSR in its previous form. On the…

The approval rating for the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin in November 2016 reached 86%, which is the maximum for this term of his presidency. This is evidenced by the results of a study by the Levada Center. This is one of the highest rates of approval for his activities in general, with a similar level of support ...

The well-known Russian analytical center Levada Center, commissioned by the Russian Jewish Congress, conducted the first large-scale sociological study in 20 years on the current state of anti-Semitism in Russia. The results showed that with the general growth of xenophobia in Russia, the attitude towards Jews is changing for the better. For example, in 1990, "honest and decent people" ...

Russians began to feel more nostalgic for the Soviet Union. This is evidenced by the survey data of the Levada Center. 56 percent of Russians regret the collapse of the USSR, and slightly more than half believe that the collapse of the union state could have been avoided. The share of Russians nostalgic for Soviet times turned out to be the most ...