• Societal problems worrying Russians in 2020

An increase in prices concerned 61 percent of Russians in August 2020, recorded as the most worrying problem in the society. An issue of unemployment growth was named as one of the most critical by 44 percent of survey participants. Besides political and economic matters, a 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?

	Share of respondents
Price increase	61%
Unemployment growth	44%
Poverty, impoverishment of majority of the population	39%
Corruption, bribery	38%
Unavailability of many types of medical services	29%
Sharp social divisions between rich and poor, unfair income distribution	28%
Economic crisis, decline in industrial production and agriculture	26%
Deterioration of environmental situation	22%
Increase of paid services, inaccessibility of education	20%
Growing drug abuse	18%
Dominance, arbitrariness of government officials	17%
Migrant influx	16%
Morality and culture crisis	16%
Weakness of the state rule	14%
Impossibility to determine the truth in court	13%
Delays in salary, pension, or social payments	10%
Increase in criminal offenses	9%
Police rudeness and brutality	8%
Rise of nationalism, deterioration of international relations	7%
Restriction of civil rights and democratic freedoms (of speech, press)	7%
Conflicts between different levels of state power	6%
Increase in HIV incidence	5%
Threats of explosions and other terrorist acts at your location	5%
Terrorist acts in Chechnya and North Caucasus	3%
Other (ccoronavirus. pandemic, alcololism, everything, etc.)	3%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

August 22-26, 2020*

Number of respondents

1,601 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Survey characteristics refer to the latest survey.
The survey was conducted in 137 municipalities in 50 federal subjects of Russia at respondents' homes.
The respondents could choose one of several given answers and/or name their own.

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