(1.505 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
1. To what extent does the rise in prices for foodstuffs, manufactured products, accommodation, education, medical and other services tell upon your life?
Variant of answer |
% |
It does not virtually tell upon my life, as the rise in prices is made up for by the income growth |
11.5 |
It is already telling upon my life and causes concern |
47.1 |
It is seriously telling upon my life and causes alarm |
28.4 |
I am experiencing a real shock due to the rise in prices |
12.4 |
NA |
0.6 |
2. Who, in your opinion, is mainly responsible for the worsening of the economic situation in the country? (more than one answer is possible)
Variant of answer |
% |
President |
42.7 |
Government |
40.7 |
Local authorities |
27.1 |
The West |
24.7 |
Heads of state enterprises and collective farms |
16.8 |
Russia |
12.2 |
Mafia |
7.9 |
Businessmen |
5.4 |
Mass media (newspapers, radio, TV) |
2.2 |
Other |
3.5 |
DA |
9.4 |
3. Whom (what) would you pin your hopes for the economic development of Belarus on? (more than one answer is possible)
Variant of answer |
% |
On attraction of foreign capital |
47.8 |
On the president of the country |
37.8 |
On the government of the country |
27.7 |
On Belarusian businessmen |
20.3 |
On heads of state enterprises, collective farms, etc. |
11.4 |
On political parties and movements |
5.7 |
On the National Assembly |
4.3 |
On the army and security bodies |
2.5 |
On mass media |
2.5 |
On the judicial system of the country |
1.3 |
DA |
10.7 |
4. Should the state limit import of foreign goods to Belarus, so as to help its own enterprises and do not allow unemployment?
Variant of answer |
% |
Yes |
58.4 |
No |
35.3 |
DA/NA |
6.3 |
5. How do you estimate the probability of the Belarusian ruble devaluation, i.e. of its value reduction relative to the world currencies (dollar and euro)?
Variant of answer |
% |
It is quite probable |
51.3 |
It is hardly probable |
26.2 |
It is improbable |
8.9 |
DA/NA |
13.6 |
6. Have you had to buy or to sell foreign currency for the last six months?
Variant of answer |
% |
Yes |
65.4 |
No |
34.2 |
NA |
0.4 |
7. Can you say that for the last 2-3 months you and members of your family have begun to buy cheaper foodstuffs and other goods than you used to before?
Variant of answer |
% |
Definitely yes |
22.3 |
More likely yes |
41.0 |
More likely no |
25.8 |
Definitely no |
6.9 |
DA/NA |
4.0 |
8. Do you believe that “by 2011 we will live like in Europe”?
Variant of answer |
% |
No |
69.2 |
Yes |
13.8 |
DA/NA |
17.0 |
9. In July it was 15 years since A. Lukashenko had been elected president of Belarus. Was the event more useful or harmful for the country, in your opinion?
Variant of answer |
% |
More useful |
48.4 |
More harmful |
21.7 |
It had no effect on the country’s destiny |
13.9 |
DA/NA |
16.0 |
10. Has, in your opinion, the gap between the rich and the poor in our country increased, decreased or remained at the same level as it used to be at the beginning of the 90s during 15 years of A. Lukashenko’s governing?
Variant of answer |
% |
It has increased |
39.7 |
It has decreased |
26.0 |
It has remained the same |
25.9 |
DA/NA |
8.4 |
11. Have, in your opinion, the role and influence of bureaucracy and officials on the life of the country during 15 years of A. Lukashenko’s governing increased, remained at the same level or decreased in comparison with the beginning of the 90s?
Variant of answer |
% |
They have increased |
25.6 |
They have remained approximately the same |
34.2 |
They have decreased |
27.8 |
DA/NA |
12.4 |
12. Who, in your opinion, does president A. Lukashenko mainly rely on? (more than one answer is possible)
Variant of answer |
% |
On the presidential top-down command structure |
39.7 |
On the military men, the Ministry of the Interior, the KGB |
37.8 |
On pensioners |
37.7 |
On state officials |
27.2 |
On common people |
24.1 |
On countrymen |
23.8 |
On directors of large enterprises |
12.8 |
On specialists |
8.4 |
On the cultural and scientific elite |
4.0 |
On businessmen |
2.2 |
DA |
6.4 |
13. Whose interests, in your opinion, do the present authorities express?
Variant of answer |
% |
Of officials and bureaucrats |
34.1 |
Of such people as myself |
25.0 |
Of poor and socially unprotected sections of the population |
12.0 |
Of rich people |
8.5 |
Of Russia |
2.3 |
Of the West |
1.2 |
DA/NA |
16.9 |
14. 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 does Belarus good |
44.4 |
It gives the country nothing positive |
36.0 |
DA/NA |
19.6 |
15. What is your attitude to A. Lukashenko’s appearing at public events with his younger son Kolya?
Variant of answer |
% |
It is negative |
46.5 |
It is positive |
18.6 |
It makes no difference to me |
31.7 |
DA/NA |
3.2 |
16. If A. Lukashenko runs for president for the fourth time and a democratic opposition candidate competes with him, which of them would you vote for?
Variant of answer |
% |
For A. Lukashenko |
42.9 |
For a democratic opposition candidate |
25.2 |
For neither of them |
17.8 |
DA/NA |
14.1 |
17. Does A. Lukashenko, in your opinion, cope with his duties well enough to be elected president once again or do you think it is time to give somebody else a chance to execute the duties?
Variant of answer |
% |
To give a chance to a new person |
50.2 |
To reelect A. Lukashenko |
37.4 |
DA/NA |
12.4 |
18. If you had to choose between integration with Russia and joining the European Union, what choice would you make?
Variant of answer |
% |
Joining the European Union |
42.7 |
Integration with Russia |
38.3 |
DA/NA |
19.0 |
19. Should Belarus following Russia recognize independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in your opinion?
Variant of answer |
% |
Yes, their independence should be recognized |
46.8 |
No, their independence should not be recognized |
12.0 |
It makes no difference to me |
28.8 |
DA/NA |
12.4 |
20. If tomorrow a referendum on the question which language should be considered official in Belarus were being held, which alternative would you vote for?
Variant of answer |
% |
The Belarusian language should be official |
19.8 |
The Russian language should be official |
15.0 |
There should be two official languages–Belarusian and Russian |
50.8 |
It makes no difference to me |
12.9 |
DA/NA |
1.5 |