This survey took place between 5-8 August 2016 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 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 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:
3.4% for indicators around 50%
2.9% for indicators around 25%
2.0% for indicators around 10%
1.5% for indicators around 5%
WHICH EVENTS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS HAVE BEEN THE MOST MEMORABLE FOR YOU? (events were not listed to respondents; respondents named events they remembered THEMSELVES; multiple answers)
| Jul.16 | |
| Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro | 48 |
| Rising prices/currency devaluation | 29 |
| Campaign to ban Russian athletes from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | 28 |
| Terrorist attack in Nice | 22 |
| Death of children at a lake in Karelia | 21 |
| Military action/war on terror in Syria | 15 |
| Attempted coup d’etat in Turkey | 14 |
| Terrorist attacks in Turkey and Iraq | 12 |
| Murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kiev | 11 |
| Rebuilding relations with Turkey/renewal of Russian tourist travel to Turkey | 11 |
| Russian helicopter shot down in Syria | 11 |
| UEFA European Championship | 11 |
| Rising tensions, conflicts in Donbass | 10 |
| Wave of terrorist attacks in Germany (Munich) and other Western European countries | 10 |
| Apologies of the Turkish government for downed Russian airplane | 8 |
| Scandal with Russian football players in Monaco | 8 |
| Beginning of election campaign for Russian State Duma Deputies | 7 |
| Election campaign for US presidential elections (Clinton-Trump) | 7 |
| Popularity of video game Pokemon Go | 6 |
| Arrest of Investigative Committee generals accused of corruption | 5 |
| Beginning of the Russian Football Championship | 5 |
| Great Britain’s June 23 referendum to leave to EU | 5 |
| Rearrangement of governors and Presidential Representatives in federal districts | 4 |
| Searches and arrests in Russian Investigative Committee | 4 |
| Searches in Federal Customs Service/removal of Customs Service head | 4 |
| Merging of Crimean Federal District with Southern Federal District | 4 |
| Slavic Bazaar festival | 4 |
| US plans for deployment of precision nuclear weapons to Europe | 4 |
| International Army Games | 3 |
| David Cameron’s retirement from prime minister post/announcement of new UK Prime Minister Theresa May | 2 |
| Hacking of US Democratic National Committee’s servers | 2 |
| Other | 6 |
|
It is difficult to say |
8 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).