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Moscow, 3 April: Russians do not reject the expedience of focusing all power in one set of hands to solve tasks before the country at a certain point in time, but there are currently increasingly more frequent calls to grant people freedom, a Levada Centre poll has shown.

file photoAt present, 39 per cent of respondents believe that there are some situations in life where there is a need to focus the fullness of power in a single pair of hands, while another 35 per cent believe that "our people always need a strong hand". Twenty-two per cent of people polled categorically oppose this - they do not want to let all power be concentrated in the hands of one person, Levada Centre sociologists told Interfax, citing topical research carried out in March.

According to the obtained information, the number of Russians who support an authoritarian regime has reduced by 13 per cent over the course of a year. Over the same period, the share of people who call for "tightening bolts" and being tougher when it comes to all sorts of political and economic liberties has dropped from 57 to 35 per cent.

The survey has shown that more and more Russians (a rise from 34 to 48 per cent) demand that people be given the freedom to go about their business, while the authorities should just mind that they do not break the law.

Answering the respective question from researchers, 40 per cent of respondents said that the people currently in power "are only concerned about their material well-being". There are far fewer people who believe that they are "a good team of politicians, leading the country down the right path" - 23 per cent, sociologists told Interfax.

One-fifth of respondents (19 per cent) consider them honest, but weak people without much competence, who are unable to use their power and ensure order, and are incapable of leading the country out of an economic crisis, the poll, conducted in the middle of March in 130 settlements in 45 Russian regions, has shown.

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Moscow, 3 April: Russians do not reject the expedience of focusing all power in one set of hands to solve tasks before the country at a certain point in time, but there are currently increasingly more frequent calls to grant people freedom, a Levada Centre poll has shown.

file photoAt present, 39 per cent of respondents believe that there are some situations in life where there is a need to focus the fullness of power in a single pair of hands, while another 35 per cent believe that "our people always need a strong hand". Twenty-two per cent of people polled categorically oppose this - they do not want to let all power be concentrated in the hands of one person, Levada Ce