Yearly Archive: 2012

RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED ON DECEMBER 2 – 12, 2012

(1.500 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)  

THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN DECEMBER 2012

(were interviewed 1.500 persons aged 18 and over, margin of error doesn’t exceed 0.03) 1. In the fourth quarter “economic feeling” of Belarusians virtually “stiffened” at the former level: in spite of the fact that last year was a year of the real income growth for the overwhelming majority, 41% of respondents said it had …

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BULLETINS INFOFOCUS № 12

E-bulletin of IISEPS Center for Documentation, N 12, 2012 – ISSN 1822-5578 (only Russian) Content: Introduction 1. Basic trends of December 2. Chronicle of key events 3. Politics 3.1. The president walks where others idle 3.2. The immediate tasks of Russian authorities 4. Economics 4.1. Two Marios and a common European currency 4.2. Fewer people …

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BULLETINS “IISEPS NEWS” N 4 (66) DECEMBER

IISEPS News – ISSN 1822-5535 (Printing), ISSN 1822-5543 (ONLINE), N 4 (66), 2012 Content: Preface MONITORING OF PUBLIC OPINION IN BELARUS: December-2012 Negative stability With or without him comes to the same thing A stable rating against the background of a growing income On the swing of the trust ratings Again about the turnout “A …

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NATIONAL POLL 12’12

1. Title of the study: “Monitoring of a public opinion in Belarus”
2. Topics of thematic coverage: political, social and economic factors of development of Belarusian society, integration with Europe and Russia
3. The aim: to study the most important facilitators and obstacles of development of Belarusian society, to support Belarusian democratic forces for social transformations
4. Descriptors: market, economic attitudes, socio-political positions and attitudes, integration, free and democratic election, electoral behavior, opposition, political preferences, political parties, mass media
5. Comparability: most important questions were replicated
6. Geographical area: Belarus-national
7. Source of information: iiseps@iiseps.org
8. Fieldwork dates: 2013, June 2 -12
9. Population sampled: 18+ years old residents of Belarus who are not currently in hospital, jail, military service
10. Sampling: clustered random
11. Sample size: 1513 respondents
12. Mode of interviews: face-to-face interview
13. Control: selective control of interviewers
14. Related publications: more then 10 publications in mass media

NEGATIVE STABILITY

In his interview to the newspaper “Respublika” minister of economy N. Snopkov mentioned the inflation decrease as the main achievement of the government in 2012: “Last year we had hyperinflation. This year it will not exceed the forecasted limits – it will make up about 21-22%; it has decreased 5 times. This is success of our economic policy and one of the best rates in the world practice of the government antiinflationary measures”.

“SMALL BORDER TRAFFIC” AND BIG-TIME POLITICS

Some years ago Belarus signed an agreement for the so-called “small border traffic” with the neighboring countries of the EU Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The matter concerns visa-free trips to the neighboring countries of the border territories residents. The agreement with Latvia has already come into effect; with Lithuania and Poland – has not.

FRUIT OF THE “DIALOGUE ON MODERNIZATION OF BELARUS”

In the IISEPS opinion poll held in December 2012, just as in the previous one, respondents were asked to express their attitude to the program of the European Union for Belarus (Pict. 1). A comparison of the polls’ results shows that slight, but important dynamics are present.

THE LULL AT THE GEOPOLITICAL FRONTS

In September 2012 IISEPS registered an appreciable decrease in sentiment in favor of integration with Russia in comparison with the previous period. The data of the December opinion poll show that, paraphrasing Remarque, “All Quiet on all the Fronts” (Pict. 1-3).

“A NEW MAJORITY”: BETWEEN THE MYTHS AND REALITY

(Русский) В июне 2012 г. 77.3% респондентов согласились с тем, что Беларусь нуждается в переменах, в то время как противоположную точку зрения поддержало только 15.1%. Казалось бы, подавляющее превосходство первых над вторыми просто обязано было материализоваться в публичные действия. Однако в очередной раз подобным ожиданиям оппозиционных политиков не суждено было сбыться.