Poll: New Year celebrations during the war Russia 2022

Approximately one third of Russians believed that in view of the war in Ukraine, installments of Christmas trees in cities and localities should be held more modest than in previous years, according to a survey conducted in November 2022. In general, the majority of respondents stated that New Year's festivities should be held nationwide in 2022. However, more than one half of Russians held the opinion that New Year's fireworks should not be held in that year.

Do you think the following festivities should be held, rejected, or held but more modest?

Characteristic	Should be held	Should be held but more modest	Should be rejected	Hard to say
Children's festivals and Christmas tree celebrations	81%	15%	3%	1%
Installments of Christmas trees on streets and squares of cities and localities	55%	34%	10%	1%
New Year's decorations in stores and shopping malls	48%	37%	12%	3%
Fireworks	22%	22%	54%	2%

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

November 12 to 13, 2022

Number of respondents

1,600 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was worded by the source as follows: "Как Вы считаете, следует сохранить или следует отказаться от новогодних праздничных мероприятий в условиях продолжающейся специальной военной операции? Или их следует сохранить, но сделать скромнее?"

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