Most Russians have said corruption in the country was at a high level, Interfax news agency reported on 2 August. According to the public opinion poll conducted by VTsIOM (All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre) in 100 towns and villages across Russia on 28-29 July, 80 per cent of those polled said corruption was high (75 per cent in 2010). Only 1 per cent said it was at a low level. Eleven per cent estimated corruption in Russia as moderate.

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At the same time, the number of those who said that the authorities were able but not willing to fight corruption, rose by 5 percentage points to 38 per cent over the last four months (33 per cent in March 2012).

On the contrary, the number of those who believed that the authorities wanted to but could not defeat corruption dropped from 30 to 28 per cent in the same period.

Sixteen per cent of those polled remained pessimistic and said that the country's leadership did not want to and could not fight corruption. Only 9 per cent had trust in the authorities' willingness and ability to curb corruption, but their number decreased by 3 per cent since March.

More people (47 per cent against 43 per cent in March) believed that corruption could not be eradicated at all, while 41 per cent said the opposite.

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Most Russians have said corruption in the country was at a high level, Interfax news agency reported on 2 August. According to the public opinion poll conducted by VTsIOM (All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre) in 100 towns and villages across Russia on 28-29 July, 80 per cent of those polled said corruption was high (75 per cent in 2010). Only 1 per cent said it was at a low level. Eleven per cent estimated corruption in Russia as moderate.

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At the same time, the number of those who said that the authorities were able but not willing to fight corruption, rose by 5 percentage points to 38 per cent over the last four months (33 per cent in March 2012).

On the contrary, the number of those who believed that the authorities wanted to but could not defeat corruption dropped from 30 to 28 per cent in the same period.

Sixteen per cent of those polled remained pessimistic and said that the country's leadership did not want to and could not fight corruption. Only 9 per cent had trust in the authorities' willingness and ability to curb corruption, but their number decreased by 3 per cent since March.

More people (47 per cent against 43 per cent in March) believed that corruption could not be eradicated at all, while 41 per cent said the opposite.