Half of respondents are confident that Russian emigrants are part of Russian people and they still stay Russian patriots.
MOSCOW, November 20, 2014. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the information concerning the question whether Russians who moved permanently abroad stay patriots or not.
Most of Russians are confident that Russians living abroad are still Russians: no matter if it is far abroad (58%) or former USSR republics (53%). On the contrary, almost one-quarter of respondents think that people staying in another state for long start to treat this state as a home country: no matter if it is far abroad (28%) or other countries (25%).
According to two-thirds of respondents, Russians living abroad are still part of Russian people (68%). Those who think so are mainly elderly respondents (73% aged over 60) and rural area residents (71%) rather than 25-24-year-olds (63%), and residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg (61%). Twenty-three percent of respondents oppose them stating that Russian emigrants fully assimilate with other peoples.
The VCIOM opinion poll was conducted on June 28-29, 2014. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 130 communities in 42 regions of Russia. Data are weighted by gender, age, education, working status and type of settlement. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
In your opinion, do Russians who moved permanently abroad stay Russian patriots of patriots of countries where they live? (closed-ended question, one answer) | |||||||
| Total respondents | Moscow and St.Petersburg | Million cities | More than 500 ths | 100–500 ths | Less than 100 ths | Rural area |
Rather Russian patriots | 58 | 48 | 62 | 75 | 58 | 58 | 55 |
Rather patriots of countries where they live | 25 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 28 |
Don`t know | 17 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 17 |
Are Russians who live in the former USSR republic after the collapse of the USSR Russian patriots or patriots of countries where they live? (closed-ended question, one answer) | ||||||
| Total respondents | Aged 18-24 | Aged 25-34 | Aged 35-44 | Aged 45-59 | Aged 60 and more |
Rather Russian patriots | 53 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 53 | 53 |
Rather patriots of countries where they live | 28 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
Don`t know | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
Which of the following statements do you most agree with? (closed-ended question, one answer) | ||||||
| Total respondents | Aged 18-24 | Aged 25-34 | Aged 35-44 | Aged 45-59 | Aged 60 and more |
Russians who live permanently abroad are part of the Russian people | 68 | 67 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 73 |
Russians who live permanently abroad are part of peoples of other states | 23 | 25 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 16 |
Don`t know | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
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