1. Politicians

How would you vote if there were presidential elections this Sunday? Which presidential candidate would you be most likely to support? (One response allowed per card. Candidates are selected by the level of trust.)

Please name a few contemporary Russian leaders you…

(The leaders are named by the respondent; multiple responses allowed.)

Politicians gaining 0,5-1,5%: B. Gryzlov, Yu. Luzhkov, S. Glazyev, G. Yavlinsky	Politicians gaining 0,5-1,5%: V. Putin, S. Mironov, S. Ivanov, B. Gryzlov, B. Nemtsov

Please name a few leaders whose actions and statements in the past week you…

(The leaders are named by the respondent; multiple responses allowed.)

Other politicians were not named	Other politicians were not named

2. President of Russia

Do you trust or distrust Russian President Vladimir Putin? (One response allowed per card.)

How would you evaluate Vladimir Putin's performance as President of Russia: do you think it is excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor?

Did you happen to hear remarks about President Putin, his actions or statements in the last week? If so, did you hear them often or seldom?

What kind of attitude towards President Putin did you find predominant in those remarks: positive, negative, or neutral? (Asked of those who report having heard remarks about President Putin: 31% of all respondents.)

3. Parties

How would you vote if there were parliamentary elections this Sunday? Which party would you be most likely to support? (One response allowed per card.)

Which political parties have made a favorable/unfavorable impression on you recently? (Multiple responses allowed per card.*)

...favorable impression	...unfavorable impression

* The chart shows the parties whose ratings is 1 percent and over.

4. The National Healthcare Project

Do you know or have you heard anything about the national healthcare project launched in 2006, or is it the first time you have heard about it?

5. Problems in the Provinces

Please name the problems that most annoy you and people like you in your region. (Up to five responses allowed per card.)

6. Protest Potential and Protest Activity

Have you taken part in any protest rallies over the past month?

In the past month, were any protest rallies held in your town or village?

How did you view these rallies: with approval, disapproval, or indifference? (This question was asked of respondents reporting protest rallies having taken place in their towns and villages, 9% of the sample.)

Would you take part in a rally?

Among people you know, is there anyone who took part in a rally over the last year?

Some people think that problems can be solved by holding protest rallies, while others think this approach does not work. Which of the two views is closest to your own?

How would you vote if there were presidential elections this Sunday? Which presidential candidate would you be most likely to support? (One response allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
V. Putin	55	70	37	7	47	62	55	55	56	55	55	56	53	61	60	54	49	57	50	55	61	51
D. Medvedev	4	4	4	2	4	3	5	4	3	2	4	4	5	2	5	5	5	2	6	3	4	6
V. Zhirinovsky	3	2	4	9	5	2	4	4	1	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	1	4	4	3	3	3
G. Zyuganov	3	1	5	11	3	2	0	2	7	4	2	3	3	2	5	2	2	2	3	3	3	1
S. Ivanov	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	2	3
S. Shoigu	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	1	3
I. Khakamada	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	3
S. Mironov	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
S. Glazyev	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
B. Gryzlov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other leader	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	2	3	1	2	0	4
I wouldn't go to the polls	15	8	22	46	18	13	16	17	12	19	16	14	14	15	11	15	13	13	21	17	11	15
hard to answer	11	8	17	12	13	9	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	16	10	10	10	12	9

Do you trust or distrust Russian President Vladimir Putin? (One response allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
trust	65	100	0	0	59	70	65	62	68	69	64	65	64	69	68	63	60	66	62	65	68	62
sometimes trust, sometimes distrust	23	0	100	0	25	21	23	26	20	16	23	25	26	20	23	25	26	25	24	23	22	26
distrust	8	0	0	100	11	5	6	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	9	11	6	9	9	6	7
hard to answer	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	5	3	4	4

How would you evaluate Vladimir Putin's performance as President of Russia: do you think it is excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
excellent and good	61	78	28	7	58	63	65	57	59	60	60	61	62	60	62	63	61	53	57	61	66	64
fair	32	21	65	40	33	31	30	35	30	32	33	31	31	35	30	31	27	43	34	32	25	30
poor and very poor	4	0	3	44	7	2	2	5	7	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	7	2	4	4	5	3
hard to answer	3	1	3	9	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	3	2	6	1	4	3	3	3

Did you happen to hear remarks about President Putin, his actions or statements in the last week? If so, did you hear them often or seldom?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
I didn't happen to hear it	69	66	74	75	70	69	76	66	65	73	72	66	69	69	69	65	64	64	63	73	72	65
often	16	19	10	14	16	17	11	20	18	14	15	19	17	16	15	20	21	21	19	13	16	19
seldom	13	14	14	8	12	13	12	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	14	14	15	12	17	12	11	14
hard to answer	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	1	2	1

And what kind of attitude towards President Putin did you find predominant in those remarks: positive, negative, or neutral? (Asked of those who report having heard remarks on President Putin: 31% of all respondents.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
positive	20	26	10	3	20	21	17	22	23	19	19	21	23	20	21	23	23	24	23	19	18	22
neutral	6	5	11	6	5	7	7	6	6	5	6	8	5	7	6	8	3	8	11	4	7	7
negative	2	1	2	17	3	2	0	3	4	2	2	4	2	3	3	2	6	1	2	2	2	3
hard to answer	2	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	3

How would you vote if there were parliamentary elections this Sunday? Which party would you be most likely to support? (One response allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
United Russia	32	41	19	5	28	35	35	31	28	27	31	33	35	35	33	34	30	25	24	33	39	34
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF)	7	5	8	15	8	6	1	6	15	9	7	6	5	7	9	5	4	6	6	7	8	1
Fair Russia: Homeland/Pensioners/Life	5	5	5	3	4	6	3	4	8	5	4	5	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	3
The Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)	4	3	3	8	5	2	5	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	2	4	5	4	3	4
The Union of Right Forces (SPS)	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	3
Yabloko	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
The Agrarian Party of Russia	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
another party	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2
I wouldn't vote	25	17	35	50	28	22	25	27	21	26	24	25	24	21	23	24	26	28	32	26	16	28
hard to answer	24	25	24	15	23	25	26	25	22	27	26	24	21	24	22	22	27	27	22	23	25	24

Which political parties have made a favorable impression on you recently? (Multiple responses allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
United Russia	24	30	14	5	24	24	27	24	20	18	22	27	27	27	23	27	29	18	17	24	30	27
Fair Russia: Homeland/Pensioners/Life	6	7	6	5	5	7	4	6	10	5	5	8	6	6	8	8	6	4	7	6	8	3
The Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)	6	5	8	9	9	4	8	6	3	3	6	5	9	7	4	8	5	8	8	6	5	7
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF)	5	4	7	11	5	6	2	4	12	11	4	5	4	7	7	3	4	3	6	5	6	1
"Nashi" youth movement	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	1	1	3	3	4	2	2	5	8	2	2	3	2	6
The Union of Right Forces (SPS)	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	1	4	0	1	1	1	3
The Agrarian Party of Russia	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	1
Great Russia	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1
Yabloko	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	1
The Party of Russian Revival	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1
The Civil Power	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
People's Party of the Russian Federation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
The National-Bolshevik Party	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Social Justice Party	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
The Other Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Russian National Unity (RNU)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
another party	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
none of the above	40	36	49	52	42	38	42	42	36	36	46	37	39	37	38	39	38	49	46	38	36	42
hard to answer	20	21	18	15	17	23	18	21	22	30	19	20	17	21	22	18	13	19	18	24	20	18

Which political parties have made an unfavorable impression on you recently? (Multiple responses allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
The Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)	10	10	10	15	9	10	8	9	12	6	9	11	10	9	10	12	12	9	8	11	9	9
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF)	9	9	7	13	10	8	10	9	8	9	10	8	9	12	8	9	16	8	6	7	12	11
Yabloko	7	7	7	11	7	7	7	9	5	5	7	8	6	9	6	7	9	3	6	8	8	6
The National-Bolshevik Party	6	6	5	8	7	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	8	3	5	9	11	7	6	4	4	10
The Union of Right Forces (SPS)	5	4	6	8	5	5	4	4	6	4	5	5	6	6	4	5	11	3	4	3	7	4
United Russia	5	2	7	22	6	4	3	5	7	3	3	6	8	3	5	6	9	7	5	3	4	7
Russian National Unity (RNU)	3	2	4	7	5	1	3	4	1	1	3	3	4	2	2	6	11	4	6	1	1	7
Fair Russia: Homeland/Pensioners/Life	2	1	2	7	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	2	3	6	3	3	1	1	3
The Agrarian Party of Russia	2	1	2	4	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	1	3	1	2	3
The Other Russia	2	1	2	4	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	5	2	3	0	1	3
"Nashi" youth movement	1	1	3	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	7	0	3	0	1	3
Great Russia	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	2	1	1	2
People's Party of the Russian Federation	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1
The Party of Russian Revival	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1
The Civil Power	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1
Social Justice Party	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	1
another party	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
none of the above	33	32	35	36	34	33	36	32	31	35	39	27	31	31	32	32	21	32	36	35	33	35
hard to answer	38	38	38	25	35	40	34	39	40	45	35	41	29	37	42	33	32	36	38	40	36	29

Do you know or have you heard anything about the national healthcare project launched in 2006, or is it the first time you have heard about it?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
I know	28	30	28	30	27	30	28	31	25	14	20	36	42	24	29	33	31	21	28	32	27	38
I've heard something	35	36	38	23	36	34	31	38	35	27	33	38	39	35	37	33	29	39	36	32	38	34
this is my first time hearing about it	33	31	30	45	34	33	38	28	34	51	44	23	17	40	30	30	35	35	34	34	31	27
hard to answer	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	2	6	8	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	1

Please name the problems that most annoy you and people like you in your region. (Up to five responses allowed per card.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
the high price of housing and public services	41	41	42	40	37	45	35	43	46	40	42	40	42	36	46	42	42	42	45	46	31	37
inflation	41	41	42	35	36	45	33	41	51	48	41	38	39	49	47	35	43	42	34	41	45	31
alcoholism	37	39	35	35	31	42	39	39	31	33	37	39	35	38	37	37	27	36	38	36	41	36
the high price of medical services and drugs	29	28	32	33	25	33	20	28	44	35	28	30	26	33	37	27	34	30	22	29	32	19
can't find a good job	24	24	23	28	25	23	31	26	10	18	28	27	14	31	22	18	9	14	22	25	34	17
bureaucracy, arbitrary rule by officials	23	20	27	34	29	17	21	27	19	15	21	21	36	19	21	27	38	23	21	22	20	31
lack of money for food and other goods	22	23	17	23	17	26	15	23	29	33	25	19	12	42	23	10	8	18	17	23	29	8
bad roads	21	22	19	21	27	16	29	20	11	13	26	18	22	21	18	24	13	20	22	23	22	26
drug addiction	21	21	20	24	22	20	27	20	13	13	21	21	27	13	16	28	25	38	27	19	9	37
lack of housing, high rents	20	22	22	12	19	22	28	17	14	10	19	21	29	14	18	24	29	30	23	20	12	33
poor-quality healthcare	19	20	21	13	17	21	16	20	22	18	18	20	22	20	16	26	25	18	21	17	20	21
poor social-welfare system	16	18	15	16	14	19	11	20	19	19	15	16	18	22	18	15	14	19	12	16	20	14
lack of work, unemployment	15	14	16	12	13	16	18	15	9	10	19	14	11	22	15	11	3	8	10	12	29	11
corruption in regional government and legal institutions	14	13	18	17	18	10	14	17	10	9	12	13	23	10	11	19	28	13	16	13	10	25
the poor performance of housing and public services	14	13	17	9	12	15	11	14	15	10	13	15	16	10	15	18	12	18	13	15	10	15
unaffordable educational expenses	12	13	11	9	12	12	14	14	7	4	13	15	12	15	10	9	10	16	14	12	11	14
crime, criminal atmosphere	12	12	12	11	10	14	12	13	11	6	11	11	20	7	8	18	22	20	15	10	6	17
ecological problems	11	11	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	4	10	11	16	7	8	17	24	13	10	9	7	14
delays in payments of salaries, pensions, allowances	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	2	4	7	6	3	6	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	7
economic decline, stagnation of the regional economy	4	4	5	1	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	4	6
immigrants and newcomers from other regions	4	4	3	7	6	2	4	4	3	1	4	3	7	2	3	5	15	2	2	3	3	5
poor public transportation	3	3	4	5	3	4	5	3	2	1	3	4	5	2	3	5	8	9	2	3	2	6
other	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
nothing annoys me	4	2	3	8	5	2	4	2	5	7	3	3	1	2	3	4	1	3	8	4	2	3
hard to answer	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	2	1	1

Have you taken part in any protest rallies over the past month?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
I have	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
I haven't	99	99	98	99	98	99	99	98	98	98	99	98	98	99	98	99	99	98	98	98	99	99
hard to answer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

In the past month, were any protest rallies held in your town or village?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
yes	9	9	11	7	8	10	8	9	9	6	5	9	18	5	8	13	28	16	12	6	1	16
no	68	70	69	66	71	66	69	70	64	71	74	68	54	85	74	53	23	42	46	79	96	53
hard to answer	23	22	20	28	21	24	22	21	27	23	20	22	28	10	18	34	49	42	43	15	2	31

How did you view these rallies: with approval, disapproval, or indifference? (This question was asked of respondents reporting protest rallies having taken place in their towns and villages, 9% of the sample.)

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
with approval	5	5	5	1	3	6	3	5	5	3	3	5	8	3	5	6	11	8	6	4	1	7
with indifference	3	2	5	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	1	3	7	2	2	5	10	5	4	2	0	7
with disapproval	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1
hard to answer	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	2

Would you take part in a rally?

Categories of respondents, %	100	65	23	8	47	53	36	37	27	14	35	33	18	21	28	25	8	12	17	38	25	20
I would	25	25	26	28	25	25	26	28	19	16	25	24	34	28	23	30	26	21	29	27	20	32
I wouldn't	66	66	65	65	65	67	64	64	74	76	66	67	59	63	69	61	64	73	66	63	70	58
hard to answer	9	9	9	7	10	8	10	9	7	8	10	9	6	9	8	8	11	6	5	10	10	10