Prestige of Russian military service doubles in the last 5 years
According to the latest public opinion poll, the percentage of Russians who see a military career as a preferred future for their children has risen from 6 to 13 percent over the past five years.
The same research, conducted by the state-run sociological agency VTSIOM, showed that the prestige of the police also increased sharply between 2012 and 2017.
The head of VTSIOM’s department of research projects, Yelena Mikhailova, wrote that the changes in public sentiment could most likely be explained by the improvement in the living standards of servicemen and increases in pay, as well as a major re-equipping with modern arms and equipment. She added that the changes in attitude to the police could also be explained by the appeal of a stable and guaranteed salary and predictable career, especially in the current economic recession.
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