NEWSLINK Forbes: Russian Support For Democracy Just Hit The Lowest Level In More Than 20 Years

The invaluable Levada Center, Russia’s only genuinely independent polling agency, regularly conducts a survey about Russians’ attitudes towards the government, the economy, and the proper relationship between the state and its citizens. The 2015 results were just released, and it makes for rather depressing reading.

Basically, right across the board, Russians have become substantially more statist and nationalist in their views. This general trend might not be terribly surprising considering the events of the past year, but the size and speed of the shift in opinion seems noteworthy. Support for the current government grew by exactly the same amount (10%) by which support for Western style democracy decreased.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2015/03/26/russian-support-for-democracy-just-hit-the-lowest-level-in-more-than-20-years/