Russians would like to see their country great and prosperous. To achieve this Russia should build strong socially oriented state.
MOSCOW, June 26, 2013. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data concerning what Russians think about the Russia’s future; what kind of country Russia will be in the future, and what ideas will shape the future of Russia.
Almost half of Russians think over the way that Russia will be like in five or ten years (47%): 11% - regularly, 36% - from time to time. They are basically 45-59-year-old Russians (52%); the share of young Russians who think about the future of their country is 44%. Other 13% of Russians happened to think about it a couple of times; 13% thought about it before but stopped; 24% have never thought about the Russia’s future.
By 2020 Russians would like to see their country great and prospering (43%). Respondents would also like Russia to have high living standards (11%), to be highly developed (9%), stable (5%), democratic (5%), fair (4%), to have successful social policy (4%), to be economically developed industrial and agricultural country that combated corruption (4%, per each) et cet.
According to Russians, Russia goes towards socially oriented state that takes care of its citizens (28%, in 2005 – 17%). They also cite the return to moral values tested by time and unity-based order (17%), the idea of the great power unifying different peoples (15%), social justice (13%). Rarer Russians think that Russia is developing towards free market, private property and democracy (8%, for each), or towards the idea of “Russia for Russians” (7%).
The VCIOM opinion polls were conducted on May 18-19, 2013. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 130 communities in 42 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
Russia`s development conception for the next ten years is currently under discussion. How often do you think of Russia`s future in five or ten years or more? (close-ended question, one answer) | ||||||
| Total respondents | Aged 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-59 | 60 and over |
I think about it regularly | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
I think about it from time to time | 36 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 29 |
I thought about it one or two times | 13 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
I thought about it before, but not now | 13 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
I have never thought about it | 24 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 24 |
Hard to tell | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
In your opinion, what should Russia be like by 2020? (open-ended question, any number of answers, shown are answers gained 1% and more) | |
Great prosperous country | 43 |
State with high living standards | 11 |
Developed state | 9 |
Stable state the citizens of which is confident of the future | 5 |
Democratic state | 5 |
State with successful social policy | 4 |
Fair state where everyone is equal before the law | 4 |
State with developed industry and agriculture | 4 |
State that combatted corruption | 4 |
Unified country | 2 |
State with no unemployment; labor is highly paying | 2 |
State with strong army | 1 |
State with accessible education | 1 |
State of Russian people | 1 |
State with effective government | 1 |
State with culture and moral values | 1 |
State with innovative, high technology economy and developed science | 1 |
State with good roads | 1 |
State with healthy citizens and high quality medical service | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Hard to tell | 23 |
Looking into the future, which of the following slogans will best describe Russia in five or ten years? Towards what ideas is Russia developing? (close-ended question, one answer) | |||
| 2005 | 2010 | 2013 |
Strong state that takes care of its citizens; social policy; protection of national interests; everyone should work for the country | 17 | 22 | 28 |
Return to traditions, moral values tested by time; establishing the order based on the united nation and national interests | 14 | 13 | 17 |
Russia should become again a great power, empire that unites different peoples | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Social justice, equal rights and opportunities for everyone; collectivism, internationalism | 9 | 7 | 13 |
Free market, private property, minimum of government intervention in economy; to support the strongest ones able to create | 10 | 7 | 8 |
Human rights, democracy, freedom of self-expression | 10 | 12 | 8 |
Russians should be united to protect their national interests; Russia is for Russians first | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Towards other directions | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Hard to tell | 15 | 18 | 5 |
Note: Using materials from the site www.wciom.ru or wciom.com, as well as distributed by VCIOM, the reference to the source (or hyperlink for the electronic media) is obligatory!