More than half of Russians do not want a re-run of the 4 December parliamentary election, Interfax news agency said on 28 December reporting findings of an opinion poll carried out by Levada Centre.
The figures reported by Interfax were as follows:
Some 56 per cent of those polled said they did not support the call for a new election to the State Duma, 25 per cent wanted a new election and 20 per cent were undecided.
Even if mass irregularities were confirmed, only 35 per cent would want the cabinet to be sacked, while 42 per cent would be against it, and only 26 per cent would be in favour of sacking Central Electoral Commission head Vladimir Churov, while 47 per cent would be against his removal from post.
Just over half of those polled (51 per cent) said they expected their lives to become better after the election, while 41 per cent said they didn't think their lives would improve.
Nearly four-fifths (77 per cent) said they expected the new State Duma to do "at least as well" as the old one, 6 per cent were "pessimistic" and 17 per cent said they hadn't thought about it.
The vast majority (91 per cent) said people should have the right to express their protest in public, but only 15 per cent said they were prepared to take part in rallies.
Some 44 per cent were of the opinion that street protests were needed, while 41 per cent said that they were against them.
A third (30 per cent) thought that it is abuse of power by officials that makes people take to the streets; 25 per cent said that it was the financial crisis; 20 per cent said that one shouldn't pay attention to the protests because their scale is allegedly overestimated; 11 per cent thought that people are wary of the prospect of another 12 years of Putin's rule; another 11 per cent said that the protests were triggered by "non-systemic opposition" that allegedly is on the West's payroll.
Two-thirds thought that the current wave of protests will subside after a while, while 17 per cent said that if the authorities do not make concessions protests will build up.
The poll was conducted among 1,600 people in 130 cities, towns and villages across 45 regions between 16 and 20 December.
More than half of Russians do not want a re-run of the 4 December parliamentary election, Interfax news agency said on 28 December reporting findings of an opinion poll carried out by Levada Centre.
The figures reported by Interfax were as follows:
Some 56 per cent of those polled said they did not support the call for a new election to the State Duma, 25 per cent wanted a new election and 20 per cent were undecided.
Even if mass irregularities were confirmed, only 35 per cent would want the cabinet to be sacked, while 42 per cent would be against it, and only 26 per cent would be in favour of sacking Central Electoral Commission head Vladimir Churov, while 47 per cent would be against his removal from post.
Just over half of those polled (51 per cent) said they expected their lives to become better after the election, while 41 per cent said they didn't think their lives would improve.
Nearly four-fifths (77 per cent) said they expected the new State Duma to do "at least as well" as the old one, 6 per cent were "pessimistic" and 17 per cent said they hadn't thought about it.
The vast majority (91 per cent) said people should have the right to express their protest in public, but only 15 per cent said they were prepared to take part in rallies.
Some 44 per cent were of the opinion that street protests were needed, while 41 per cent said that they were against them.
A third (30 per cent) thought that it is abuse of power by officials that makes people take to the streets; 25 per cent said that it was the financial crisis; 20 per cent said that one shouldn't pay attention to the protests because their scale is allegedly overestimated; 11 per cent thought that people are wary of the prospect of another 12 years of Putin's rule; another 11 per cent said that the protests were triggered by "non-systemic opposition" that allegedly is on the West's payroll.
Two-thirds thought that the current wave of protests will subside after a while, while 17 per cent said that if the authorities do not make concessions protests will build up.
The poll was conducted among 1,600 people in 130 cities, towns and villages across 45 regions between 16 and 20 December.