Most of Putin`s promises given during the pre-election campaign seem quite realistic and deserves to be supported, according to Russians.
MOSCOW, March 21, 2012. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing how Russians assess national security ideas proposed by V.Putin, which pre-election promises they remember most, and how realistic they think they are.
According to Russians, the most realistic idea is o provide those who have served in the army with additional privileges to enter university or civil service: 72% are confident that this idea will be implemented in next 5 or 10 years. Most of respondents believe in the idea to provide the servicemen with salary equal or above the level of salary of qualified personnel and senior managers (58%) and to introduce a priest assigned to each military unit (56%). Half of respondents believe that by 2017-2020 Russia will restore its position as a leader in military technologies (50%) and will have military police to maintain discipline within the Army (50%). Russians are least optimistic about the idea to provide the servicemen with housing in 2012-2013: the number of those who think the idea is real is 46%, whereas 36% are skeptical.
Top three Putin`s promises that Russians remembered most are to increase defense capacity (5%) to keep the existing retirement age and to increase pensions (12%), and to increase living standards (8%). Besides, the ideas to develop social sphere, to increase budget worker salaries (4% for each), to make housing more affordable, to combat corruption, to develop economy and keep stability in the country (3% for each) also attracted Russians. Other promises are rarely mentioned.
Most of respondents believe that V. Putin will keep his prep-election promises: 37% -most of them, 41% - some of them. Only 15% report that ideas of Putin will not be put into action. At the same time the majority of Russians do believe in the implementation of social promises (59%), in his promise to keep stability in the country (57%), to increase salaries to budget workers (51%). According to Russians, the promise to make the housing affordable (49%) and to increase country`s military capacity (48%) will be partly implemented.
The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted February 25-26, 2011. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
Which of the following initiatives would you support and like to be implemented in the near future, and which – would not? ( close-ended question, one answer per each position*) | How realistic is to implement these initiates in next 5 or 8 years (by 2017-2020)? (close-ended question, one answer per each position *)
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1) To restore Russia`s position as a leader in military technologies | Support | 81 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 50 |
Do not support | 8 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 30 | |
Hard to tell | 11 | Hard to tell | 20 | |
2) To increase the share of new weapons in Russian army up to 70% by 2010 | Support | 76 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 48 |
Do not support | 11 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 29 | |
Hard to tell | 14 | Hard to tell | 23 | |
3) To switch to fully professional army. To increase the number of professional soldiers up to 70% by 2017, up to 85% - by 2020 | Support | 77 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 49 |
Do not support | 12 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 29 | |
Hard to tell | 11 | Hard to tell | 22 | |
4) To establish military police to maintain discipline in the army | Support | 59 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 50 |
Do not support | 27 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 22 | |
Hard to tell | 14 | Hard to tell | 29 | |
5) to introduce military priest assigned to each military unit | Support | 60 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 56 |
Do not support | 23 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 16 | |
Hard to tell | 17 | Hard to tell | 28 | |
6)To provide those who completed military service with privileges to enter university or civil service | Support | 84 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 72 |
Do not support | 9 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 13 | |
Hard to tell | 7 | Hard to tell | 15 | |
7) To provide servicemen with salaries equal or above the salary of qualified personnel or senior managers, complete package of social security benefits | Support | 78 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 58 |
Do not support | 12 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 24 | |
Hard to tell | 9 | Hard to tell | 18 | |
8) to provide all servicemen with permanent housing in 2012—201, as well as those who retired in 1990-s having no accommodation | Support | 84 | Likely to be done by 2017-2020 | 47 |
Do not support | 8 | Unlikely to be done by 2017-2020 | 36 | |
Hard to tell | 8 | Hard to tell | 17 | |
*survey conducted February 25-26 ,2012
During pre-election campaign Vladimir Putin gave many promises and proposals. Which of them do you remember? (open-ended question, any number of answers*) | |
Increase pensions, not to increase the retirement age | 12 |
Increase living standards | 8 |
Increase defense capacity | 5 |
Develop social sphere | 4 |
Increase salaries of budget workers | 4 |
Make housing affordable | 3 |
More effectively fight against corruption | 3 |
Develop economy | 3 |
Keep stability and sustainable development of the country | 3 |
Develop industry and agriculture | 2 |
Change the situation in education (cancel USE, increase scholarships) | 2 |
Establish order in housing sector | 2 |
Introduce luxury tax | 2 |
Solve the unemployment problem, create more jobs | 2 |
Strengthen foreign policy | 1 |
Help families having many children | 1 |
Develop health care | 1 |
Reform political system | 1 |
Deter inflation | 1 |
More attention to youth policy | 1 |
Cancel time zone reform | 1 |
I do not remember anything; nothing but empty promises | 3 |
Everything is good; I like everything | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Hard to tell | 52 |
There are different point views on how realistic the pre-election promises of Putin are. Which of them do you most agree? | ||||||||||
| Which of the promises do you remember most? | |||||||||
Total respon dents | Increase pen sions, not to increase the retire ment age | Increase living stan dards | Increase defense capacity | Develop social sphere | Increase salaries of budget workers | Make housing affor dable | More effect tively fight against corrupt tion | Develop eco nomy | Keep stability and sustai nable develop ment of the country | |
Most of Putin`s promises will be imple mented | 37 | 48 | 44 | 37 | 59 | 51 | 42 | 42 | 54 | 57 |
Putin will be able to keep only part of his promises; most of them will never be put into practice | 41 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 40 |
Putin will not keep his promises | 15 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
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Hard to tell | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
*survey conducted March 10-11, 2012
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