45% of Russians believe that the situation in the fight against terrorism has improved; 8% say that it is deteriorated; Caucasus and Islamists pose the biggest terrorist threat to Russia.
MOSCOW, September 3, 2013. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data concerning how Russians assess changes in the fight against terrorism; what they think poses the biggest terrorist threat to Russia; whether Russians believe that Russian authorities will protect them against terrorist attacks.
According to Russians, Caucasus and Islamists pose the biggest terrorist threat to Russia (10%, for each). Respondents also cite U.S., (7%) and newcomers (6%). Twenty-six percent of Russian see no terrorist threat.
Most of Russians are confident that the Russian authorities will protect them against new terrorist attacks (55%). More Russians has started to think so over the recent three years (to compare: in September 2011 the share was 32%). Those who think that authorities will protect them against threats are residents of the million cities (68%). They are opposed by 38% of respondents who live mainly in big and middle cities (42-44%) and rural area (41%).
As to the fight against terrorism, Russians see more positive (43%), rather than negative changes (8%). At the same time, most of respondents tend to think that no changes have happened over the recent year (44%). Those who mention positive changes are basically respondents aged over 60 (46%); negative changes are noticed by the 18-24-year-old Russians (11%).
The VCIOM opinion polls were conducted on August 24-25, 2013. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 130 communities in 42 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
In your opinion, will Russian authorities be able to protect the Russian population against new terrorist threats? (closed-ended question, one answer) | |||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | II.2004 | IX.2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Definitely yes | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Rather yes | 17 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 33 | 37 |
Rather no | 46 | 42 | 50 | 43 | 38 | 39 | 36 |
Definitely no | 28 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 10 |
Hard to tell | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
In your opinion, will Russian authorities be able to protect the Russian population against new terrorist threats? (closed-ended question, one answer) | ||||||||
| 2008 | 2009 | IV.2010 | IX.2010 | II.2011 | IX.2011 | IX.2012 | VIII.2013 |
Definitely yes | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Rather yes | 50 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 29 | 42 | 44 |
Rather no | 19 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 32 | 30 |
Definitely no | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
Hard to tell | 13 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
How would you assess the situation in the fight against terrorism over a year? (closed-ended question, one answer) | ||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 |
Situation has considerably improved | 8 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Situation has slightly improved | 28 | 32 | 37 | 26 | 38 | 36 |
Situation has not changed | 49 | 33 | 25 | 50 | 45 | 44 |
Situation has slightly deteriorated | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Situation has considerably deteriorated | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Hard to tell | 11 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
In your opinion, what poses terrorist threat to the security of the Russian citizens today? (open-ended question, any number of answers) | |
Caucasus | 10 |
Islamists, wahhabis, Al-Qaida | 10 |
US | 7 |
Guest worker, newcomers, migrants | 6 |
Authorities, government, president | 4 |
Chechnya | 3 |
Any person, ourselves | 3 |
Militants, gunmen, criminals | 3 |
Non-Russian people | 2 |
Middle East citizens | 2 |
Dagestan | 2 |
Terrorists | 2 |
Georgia | 1 |
Western countries | 1 |
Social stratification | 1 |
Representatives of other religions, confessions | 1 |
People with poor moral outlook (alcohol addicts, idlers) | 1 |
Asian countries | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Russia`s enemies | 1 |
Foreign countries | 1 |
Southern republics | 1 |
Nationalists | 1 |
CIS countries | 1 |
No threat | 26 |
Hard to tell | 15 |
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