New Russia Barometer XIII, 2004

Since the spring of 1991, the CSPP has been involved in more than 100 nationwide sample surveys in post-Communist countries. Each round of surveys asks a common core of questions, a unique source for monitoring trends within nations, and comparisons across nations. All research questions and analyses are undertaken independently of government. The <i>New Russia Barometer Surveys</i> (NRB) comprise one series within the CSPP surveys. They have been conducted annually since 1992, and consist of interviews with a stratified representative nationwide sample of Russian adults. The interviews last approximately one hour, and collect information about political, economic and social attitudes and behaviour. Further information is available on the CSPP <a href="http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk/catalog1_0.html" title="New Russia Barometer">New Russia Barometer</a> webpages.<br><br> The thirteenth nationwide NRB survey (NRB XIII) combined questions appropriate to a post-election survey and questions intended to monitor any changes occurring in the underlying attitudes and behaviour of Russians after four years of President Putin's rule. The questionnaire included a full battery of key indicators of the social and economic conditions of the Russian people, attitudes toward democratic and undemocratic systems of government and what Russians might see as the achievements and non-achievements of government under President Putin. Questions about expectations of the future were also included.<br>