Almost half of the country is satisfied with the quality of government personnel, and an almost equal number are dissatisfied with the political elite. (The sign reads "Going according to plan!")
Photo: Pavel Solovyev
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Russians Satisfied with Government
Almost half of Russians (49%) think the current personnel of governing bodies is the equal to the tasks facing the country and society. Thirty percent lack confidence in them. Five percent find them “completely inappropriate,” according to a new poll by the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion. Forty-five percent of respondents think that there are “people and political forces that are able to lead the country better than the current elite.” That indicator has risen from 42 percent in 2005.
Three years ago, 38 percent of respondents thought that “the current elite is ineffective and unpatriotic,” but “there is no one to replace them with.” That indicator has fallen to 27 percent this year.
Thus, almost half of the country is satisfied with the quality of government personnel, and an almost equal number are dissatisfied with the political elite. All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion director commented that most Russians see the authorities and the political elite as separate, with the elite being a broader concept. The authorities are led by two popular leaders, that is, President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The popular conception of the elite ranges “from traffic cops growth fat off of bribes to thieving oligarchs.”
A quarter of the country thinks there is a “critical need” to renew the corps of the country’s managers, while 28 percent disagree. Thirty percent say it is an important, but not primary, problem. Inflation is the top problem for the average Russian, Fedorov says.
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All the Article in Russian as of Oct. 30, 2008
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