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Russians Want Execution for Corruption
Thirty percent of Russians approve of the idea of public executions to fight corruption, the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion has found. Fifty-nine percent of those opposed to that innovation are not opposed to public execution itself, they simply doubt its effectiveness against corruption. The idea found the most support (40-41%) among respondents older than 35.
Forty-eight percent of Russians do not think state control over the major purchases of the public would be an effective anticorruption measure. Among them, 34 percent “probably disapprove,” and only 14 percent strongly disapprove. Older respondents are more favorably inclined toward the idea, with 28 percent of the 18-24 – year-old age group approving of it, as opposed to 44 percent of those over 60.
The average price at which a purchase should be subject to state control was set at 982,901 rubles. Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg favored a much higher sum – 3,236,164 rubles, which village dwellers thought 538,598 rubles was already a significant enough sum to merit oversight.
Thirty-one percent of Russians would inform law enforcement agencies about corruption if it became known to them. Thirty percent would tell no one. Two years ago, only 24 percent of respondents would be willing to inform the police of corruption, and 29 percent would tell no one. Others would tell other local authorities (8%), the media (7%), human rights or other public organizations (6%) or the president personally (3%). Fifteen percent were unable to provide an answer to the question.
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