Russians mark growing tensions in interethnic relationship.
MOSCOW, January 28, 2014. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data concerning the interethnic relations in the country and the nationalities the Russians favor most.
Half of Russians (49%) are anxious about growing tension in the inter-ethnic relations. Residents of Moscow and St.Petersburg are more skeptical than others (64%). In 2013 the Russian assessment was more negative than in the previous years (to compare: in 2006 the share of respondents who gave the same answer was 36%). Simultaneously, 39% of Russians say that the state of inter-ethnic relations has not changed and stayed at the same level. Only 9% of report not there is more tolerance.
Among all the nationalities Russians mostly favor Russians (40%). The share of those who also favor Slavic people is 5%; other 2% mention Caucasians and tatars. Every tenth respondent (11%) treats similarly any nation. One-third of Russians (31%) failed to single out any nation.
The VCIOM opinion poll was conducted on July 21-22, 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, have the inter-ethnic relations in Russia changed over a year? (closed-ended question, one answer) | |||||
| 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 |
They got more tense, intolerant | 36 | 24 | 32 | 39 | 49 |
They are the same | 40 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 39 |
They got more tolerant | 17 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
Don`t know | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Which nation do you favor most? (open-ended question, any number of answers, shown are answers mentioned by at least 1% of respondents) | |
| Total respondents |
Russians | 40 |
Slavic peoples | 5 |
Caucasians (Adyghes, Armenians, Georgians , Kabardians) | 2 |
Tatars | 2 |
Belarusians | 1 |
Ukrainians | 1 |
Europeans (English, French, Germans, Italians, Spanish | 1 |
Peoples of Central Asia (Tadjiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs) | 1 |
Buryats | 1 |
I treat every nation in the same way | 11 |
I cannot single out a nation | 31 |
Other | 1 |
Don`t know | 4 |
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