MOSCOW, March 12, 2008 Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents information on how Russians think the state of affairs in Russia is going to change in the country after D. Medvedev has been elected President of the Russian Federation.Over half of Russians (54%) believe that after D. Medvedev has been elected as President of Russia, the country will develop in a democratic way. A smaller share was sure of the same fact in 2000, when V. Putin was elected as Head of state (35%). The share of respondents who expect Yeltsin’s ways to be preserved has decreased during the last eight years (from 26% down to 16%), as well as the share of those expecting that a dictatorship will be installed did (from 10% down to 6%). Still only the few (1-3%) predict an increase in anarchy or the return of Pre-perestroyka ways. 20% of respondents find it hard to provide an opinion on this issue. The majority of those who voted for D. Medvedev at the presidential elections on March 2 (73%) expects that the country will develop towards democracy. G. Zyuganov’s supporters less often predict democratic development than preservation of the former Yeltsin’s ways (22% and 34%). Zhirinovsky's voters provide these two forecasts equally often (23% for each option).After his election as President of the country D. Medvedev should first of all concentrate his attention on economic problems, i.e. a decrease in prices and an establishment of the state control over prices (as 57% of respondents believe); indexation of salaries, pensions, deposits according to the prise increase (56%); fight against corruption, plunder of public property (43%), increase in industrial production (39%), financial support of state enterprises and agriculture (29%). The importance of these problems has increased if compared to 2000. The share of Russians considering that it is necessary to return to the state regulation of economy has increased as well (from 11% up to 17%). The urgency of reinforcing law and order has remained (28%); as well as those of strengthening the military industrial complex and the country’s defensive capacity did (18%). However, the topicality of such issues as the Chechen Republic and Northern Caucasus (from 36% down to 6%); improvements of tax collection (from 23% down to 7%); strengthening Russia’s positions in the international arena (from 21% down to 15%) has on the whole decreased. 45% of respondents assume that D. Medvedev will first of all rely on governors and the political elite of the country when settling the tasks that the country has to face, to a lesser degree he will rely on bankers, large-scale businessmen (27%) and "security officials" (25%). The third group in the rating of support consists of government officials, "directors" and the "middle class" (13-16% for each option).In 2000 when V. Putin was elected President of the country, public opinion considered his main supporters to be "security officials" (52%), the second place was occupied by governors, political elite of the country (40%), and the third place belonged to "oligarchs" (25%).The initiative All-Russia opinion poll was conducted by VCIOM on March 8-9, 2008. 1600 respondents were interviewed each time in 153 population areas of 46 regions of Russia. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%.