Levada Poll: 52% of Russians View the Future With Worry as Pessimists Outnumber Optimists for the First Time Since 2021; 65% Back Peace Talks With Ukraine
An October survey published on November 12 by the Levada Center, an independent Russian pollster, found that 52% of Russians look to their own future and the country's future with worry and apprehension, while 44% do so with calm and confidence, the first time since 2021 that pessimists have outnumbered optimists.
A year earlier, 43% of respondents were pessimistic about their own future and 44% about Russia's future, while optimists stood at 53% and 50% respectively. The Levada Center is one of Russia's largest independent polling organizations; the Russian authorities designated it a "foreign agent" in 2016.
A separate Levada survey conducted October 21-30 found that 65% of respondents believed it was time to move to peace talks with Ukraine, while 26% favored continuing military action. At the same time, 69% still said they supported the Russian army's actions in Ukraine, 57% feared a general mobilisation, and 72% said a new wave of mobilisation was not needed in the coming months.
Levada's October polling put President Vladimir Putin's job approval at 77%, down 8 points since the start of the year. Russian and Ukrainian delegations held U.S.-mediated trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, whose reported demands and reactions GSM has covered.
(Source: Levada Center)
Source: Levada Center
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