Poll results

Russians fear poverty more than war recent poll shows

Research conducted in August this year demonstrates that the level of anxiety in society is lessening to some extent, and that most Russians fear poverty more than a new world war.

Independent polling agency, the Levada Center, asked Russian citizens to rate how much they fear various possible events, from unemployment to death. On average anxiety levels on a range of issue are down, with the fear of a global military conflict apparently the least worrying.