(1.503 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
1. What impact does the increase in prices for food products, manufactured goods, housing, education, medical and other services have on your everyday life?
Variant of answer |
% |
It doesn’t actually have any impact, as the increase in prices is compensated by the growth of income |
2.2 |
It does have an impact and it is worrisome |
24.7 |
It has a serious impact and arouses strong concern |
38.3 |
I’m genuinely shocked at the price rise |
34.2 |
NA |
0.6 |
2. Do you think the Belarusian economy is experiencing a crisis?
Variant of answer |
% |
Yes |
81.5 |
No |
8.4 |
DA/NA |
10.1 |
3. In your opinion, who is to blame for the foreign exchange crisis in Belarus in March-May 2011? (more than one answer is possible)
Variant of answer |
% |
President |
44.5 |
Government |
36.7 |
World crisis |
27.0 |
Black marketeers |
16.6 |
The West |
6.3 |
Russia |
3.9 |
Russia |
1.6 |
DA |
8.8 |
4. What would you prefer?
Variant of answer |
% |
High USD rate, but no problems with its purchase |
29.8 |
Low USD rate, but problems with its purchase |
28.6 |
It makes no difference to me |
30.6 |
DA/NA |
11.0 |
5. The president A. Lukashenko has recently alleged that “right in the first half of the year the people will forget about today’s situation. We know what to do, and we will ride out this situation, and do it easily”. Do you trust this allegation?
Variant of answer |
% |
No, I don’t |
65.6 |
Yes, I do |
24.5 |
DA/NA |
9.9 |
6. Please, say, what is more important: improvement of the economic standing of Belarus or independence of the country?
Variant of answer |
% |
Improvement of the economic standing of Belarus |
65.0 |
Independence of the country |
28.9 |
DA/NA |
6.1 |
7. Did the victory of A. Lukashenko at the elections favor the unity of the Belarusian society, or vice versa, the widening of its split?
Variant of answer |
% |
Favored the split of the Belarusian society |
44.9 |
Favored the unity of the Belarusian society |
31.5 |
DA/NA |
23.6 |
8. In your opinion, who does the president A. Lukashenko mainly rely on? (more than one answer is possible)
Variant of answer |
% |
Military men, the Ministry of the Interior, the KGB |
52.5 |
Pensioners |
39.4 |
Presidential top-down command structure |
37.9 |
State officials |
23.8 |
Villagers |
23.5 |
Common people |
19.3 |
Directors of large enterprises |
12.0 |
Specialists |
7.2 |
Cultural and scientific elite |
4.1 |
Businessmen |
2.5 |
DA |
4.3 |
9. In your opinion, how well has A. Lukashenko as the president of the country dealt with the following problems facing the country recently?
Variant of answer |
Successfully |
Not successfully |
DA/NA |
Fight against corruption |
35.4 |
49.4 |
15.2 |
Fight against bureaucracy |
31.6 |
56.8 |
11.6 |
Securing social justice |
30.8 |
57.5 |
11.7 |
Preserving social stability |
29.6 |
60.4 |
10.0 |
Safeguarding democracy and political freedom |
25.7 |
59.3 |
15.0 |
Strengthening international positions of the country |
21.2 |
64.5 |
14.3 |
Economic recovery, growth in welfare |
15.8 |
75.7 |
8.5 |
10. Do you think the fact that virtually all power in the country is concentrated now in the hands of A. Lukashenko does Belarus good or gives the country nothing positive?
Variant of answer |
% |
It gives the country nothing positive |
59.1 |
It does Belarus good |
26.2 |
DA/NA |
14.7 |
11. In the recent months several dozen of people, including several candidates for presidency, have been sentenced on the charge of participation in the mass disturbances on 19 December 2010 for a term of up to 6 years in the maximum security colony. What is your attitude to these sentences?
Variant of answer |
% |
The sentences were unjust |
39.6 |
The sentences to some participants of the 19 December Action were just, and unjust to the others |
20.2 |
The sentences were just, fit for the convicts’ guilt |
20.3 |
The sentences were too mild |
6.2 |
DA/NA |
13.7 |
12. The head of the state alleged that he “knows about the financing of the fifth column from abroad. No chance to break the country! We will destroy any fifth or twenty-fifth column”. What do you think of this allegation?
Variant of answer |
% |
I subscribe to this allegation |
27.9 |
I do not subscribe to this allegation |
44.6 |
DA/NA |
27.5 |
13. What do you think about the readiness of the people in Belarus to express their political views?
Variant of answer |
% |
No one is afraid |
10.6 |
Only some people are afraid |
16.9 |
Many people are afraid |
46.1 |
All people are afraid |
22.3 |
DA/NA |
4.1 |
14. Do you feel protected against possible arbitrariness on part of the authorities, militia, the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate, the tax inspectorate, courts and other governmental bodies?
Variant of answer |
% |
Definitely yes |
13.2 |
Rather, yes |
25.9 |
Rather, not |
34.3 |
Definitely no |
22.6 |
DA/NA |
4.0 |
15. Is it possible to trust the majority of people or is it necessary to be very careful in relations with them?
Variant of answer |
% |
It is necessary to be very careful in relations with people |
72.0 |
The majority of people can be trusted |
23.7 |
DA/NA |
4.3 |
16. How would you assess the people who are in power now?
Variant of answer |
% |
These are the people who are preoccupied only with their material well-being and career |
45.1 |
These are honest, but inconversant people who do not know how to help the country out of the economic crisis |
16.4 |
These are honest, but weak people who are not able to handle the power and secure the order and consistent political line |
13.6 |
It is a good team of politicians leading the country in the right direction |
12.6 |
DA/NA |
12.3 |
17. Some time ago, the president A. Lukashenko pronounced in public that “unfortunately, there is enough lousiness in the present government of Ukraine”, and moreover, “as regards such asses as Barroso, well, there was a Barroso in Portugal, they sacked him and jobbed him into the European Commission. I care less for whatever remark a European official should have plumped out”. What is your opinion of these utterances of the president?
Variant of answer |
% |
It is an inadmissible rudeness towards foreign partners |
68.6 |
It is a sore, but admissible assessment of the ill behavior of foreign partners |
21.0 |
DA/NA |
10.4 |
18. Belarus has appealed to Russia for a loan of 3 billion US dollars this year targeted at resolving the foreign currency crisis. The Ministry of Finance of Russia A. Kudrin stated that Russia would give a loan provided that Belarus carried out economic reforms. How would you assess this statement?
Variant of answer |
% |
It is a fair judgment |
45.6 |
It is an unfair judgment |
37.0 |
DA/NA |
17.4 |
19. What is your attitude to the construction of a nuclear power-station in Belarus under the Russian project and for the Russian credit money?
Variant of answer |
% |
Positive |
27.1 |
I am not against the NPS project, but I make an objection to it being a Russian project |
16.4 |
I am against the construction of an NPS in Belarus in principle |
50.3 |
DA/NA |
6.2 |
20. What is your attitude to Mass Media in Belarus?
Variant of answer |
% |
Mass Media in Belarus are independent |
10.3 |
Mass Media in Belarus are controlled |
53.3 |
Some Mass Media in Belarus are independent, others are controlled |
31.2 |
DA/NA |
5.2 |