The residents of Crimea do not regret about the choice they made a year ago. They are satisfied with the life they live, and they feel that the authorities take care about their well-being.

MOSCOW, March 10, 2015. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the results of the survey regarding the attitudes of the Crimean residents towards the incorporation of the Crimean peninsula into Russia, the current state of affairs in the region and their satisfaction with the life and the authorities` performance.

The residents of Crimea have positive attitudes towards the accession of Crimea to to the Russian Federation: as six months ago, an overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Crimea think so (93% in July and August 2014 and 91% in February 2015). Currently, only 5% have negative attitudes. If a repeat referendum on the territorial status took place, 90% would vote for the incorporation of the peninsula into Russia, and only 5% of respondents would support the autonomous status of the republic as part of Ukraine.

Most of Russians (90%) have positive attitudes towards how a new subject is being integrated into Russia (69%), including 18% of those who say that almost all the transition problems have been solved and 51% of those who say that many tasks have already been accomplished. Twenty-nine percent of respondents disagree with that: 25% believe that plenty of questions are yet to be solved, and 4% say that the process of Crimea's integration is a failure.

Most of the inhabitants of Crimea (81%) are satisfied with the state of affairs in the republic (81% in 2014). Fifteen percent of respondents are dissatisfied with the current situation. Sixty-six percent of the residents of Crimea observe positive changes; only 7% cite negative changes; 25% of respondents do not mention any considerable changes.

The level of satisfaction with life is extremely high among the residents of the Crimean peninsula (82% in June 2014; 86% in February 2015). Negative assessments are expressed by 12% of respondents. Inflation is the most important problems (79%), followed by unemployment (56%); 47% of respondents complain about the road condition. One of the specific problems is the reissue of documents (41%). Most of the Crimean inhabitants (62%) are satisfied with their financial situation (the share of the dissatisfied makes up 37%). Forty-five percent of respondents have managed to increase their financial income over half a year.

The performance of the head of the administration Sergey Aksenov is assessed positively (86% of positive assessments). Only 6% express negative attitudes. Most of respondents believe that his activities to protect the interests of the residents of the peninsula at the federal level are productive. His efforts to combat corruption are also remarkable; they are mentioned by 80% of respondents.

The VCIOM opinion poll was conducted on February 9-18, 2015; 1600 residents of the Republic of Crimea were interviewed. The margin of error does not exceed 3.6%.

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