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Politkovskaya and Litvinenko

This survey took place between 23-26 September 2016 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 800 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions.  The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys.

The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 800 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:

                4.1% for indicators around 50%

                3.6% for indicators around 25%/75%

                2.5% for indicators around 10%/90%

                1.8% for indicators around 5%/95%

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2006 ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA, WHO WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES’ ACTIONS IN CHECHNYA?

Dec.06 Nov.07 Oct.10 Sept.11 Sept.16
Definitely yes 4 8 6 5 3
Probably yes 14 18 19 23 14
Probably not 25 18 21 17 20
Definitely not 8 7 4 6 17
It is difficult to say 49 50 50 49 47

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2006 ASSASSINATION OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO, FORMER KGB OFFICER, WHO ACCUSED RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF ORGANIZING THE FALL 1999 MOSCOW BOMBINGS?

Dec.06 Nov.07 Sept.11 Sept.16
Definitely yes 7 7 6 4
Probably yes 18 20 25 14
Probably not 21 16 14 20
Definitely not 9 9 6 16
It is difficult to say 45 49 49 47

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO ORDERED THE KILLING OF ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA WILL BE FOUND?

Dec.06 Nov.07 Sept.11 Sept.13 Sept.16
Definitely yes 1 3 3 2 2
Probably yes 8 12 9 14 10
Probably not 30 27 34 39 33
Definitely not 29 23 23 23 26
It is difficult to say 32 35 32 21 30

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO ORDERED THE KILLING OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO WILL BE FOUND?

Dec.06 Nov.07 Sept.11 Sept.16
Definitely yes 2 4 2 2
Probably yes 13 11 7 9
Probably not 33 27 35 32
Definitely not 27 24 24 27
It is difficult to say 25 35 32 31

 

All DO YOU REMEMBER WHO ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA WAS? DO YOU REMEMBER WHO ALEXANDER LITVINENKO WAS?
Yes No Diff. to say Yes No Diff. to say

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2006 ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA, WHO WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES’ ACTIONS IN CHECHNYA?

Definitely yes 3 7 1 3 6 2 <1
Probably yes 14 21 9 11 19 9 14
Probably not 20 26 18 6 26 18 10
Definitely not 17 16 20 5 18 18 5
It is difficult to say 47 31 53 76 31 52 71

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE 2006 ASSASSINATION OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO, FORMER KGB OFFICER WHO ACCUSED RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF ORGANIZING THE FALL 1999 MOSCOW BOMBINGS?

Definitely yes 4 7 1 3 9 1 <1
Probably yes 14 18 12 9 21 8 14
Probably not 20 26 18 6 25 20 7
Definitely not 16 16 19 4 18 17 6
It is difficult to say 47 33 50 79 28 54 74

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO ORDERED THE KILLING OF ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA WILL BE FOUND?

Definitely yes 2 3 2 1 2 1 4
Probably yes 10 14 8 2 14 7 4
Probably not 33 35 33 19 37 32 21
Definitely not 26 29 26 15 28 27 15
It is difficult to say 30 19 32 64 18 32 56

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO ORDERED THE KILLING OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO WILL BE FOUND?

Definitely yes 2 2 1 1 2 1 4
Probably yes 9 12 8 2 15 5 5
Probably not 32 37 31 18 38 31 19
Definitely not 27 29 28 16 27 29 16
It is difficult to say 31 20 32 63 18 33 57

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly  Monterey Institute of International Studies).

The ANO Levada Center has been included in the register of non-commercial organizations acting as foreign agents. See the Director of the Levada Center’s statement of disagreement with this decision here.

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