Societal problems worrying Russians in 2022

An increase in prices concerned over 60 percent of Russians in February 2022, recorded as the most worrying problem in the society. An issue of unemployment growth was named as one of the most critical by nearly three out of ten survey participants. Besides political and economic matters, the deterioration of the environmental situation and a morality crisis were named among the most worrying topics.

Which of the following problems of our society worry you the most and you consider most critical?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Price increase	62%
Corruption, bribery	38%
Poverty, impoverishment of majority of the population	37%
Unemployment growth	29%
Unavailability of many types of medical services	28%
Sharp social divisions between rich and poor, unfair income distribution	25%
Deterioration of environmental situation	21%
Migrant influx	21%
Growing drug abuse	21%
Economic crisis, decline in industrial production and agriculture	20%
Increase in paid services, inaccessibility of education	19%
Morality and culture crisis	19%
Impossibility to determine the truth in court	13%
Dominance, arbitrariness of government officials	12%
Police rudeness and brutality	12%
Weakness of the state rule	11%
Increase in criminal offenses	11%
Delays in salary, pension, social payments, etc.	10%
Conflicts between different levels of state power	8%
Rise of nationalism, deterioration of international relations	8%
Increase in HIV incidence	7%
Restriction of civil rights and democratic freedoms (of speech, press)	6%
Threats of explosions and other terrorist acts at your location	6%
Terrorist acts in Chechnya and North Caucasus	5%