What do sociologists know about Russians’ current image of the future?

What monitoring studies of the Levada Center show* Denis Volkov sociologist 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY A FOREIGN AGENT OF THE LEVADA CENTER OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN AGENT OF THE LEVADA CENTER. Public opinion researchers know well that talking to Russians about the future is difficult. According to surveys, no more than one fifth of respondents have any long planning horizon.

How the evolution of views from the Crimean consensus to the current protests analyzes-the deputy director of the Levada Center Denis Volkov analyzes At the end of 2011, the later article of the wonderful domestic economical economy geographer Natalya Zubarevich about four Russians, the country of large cities, the country of medium -sized industrial cities, the country of small settlements, and the country where there is the North Caucasus and the South of Siberia, was published.

Last week, Levada Center published data on the “emigration moods” of Russians. According to the results of the All -Russian survey, 17% of the respondents "would like to move abroad for permanent residence." Among the youngest, who are also called the generation Z, who wanted to leave turned out to be almost 2.5 times more - 41%. Suddenly, these data caused a public outcry, which is always accompanied by a mass of speculative judgments.

Social media feeds regularly contain news about failures plaguing organizers of major cultural events - exhibitions, races, charity fairs, concerts, lectures, film screenings and others. Some equipment breaks down, others don’t have time to assemble the stage (or bring artists ), still others are flooded with rain along with the audience, and for others everything is ruined by a sudden inspection or the inconsistency of city authorities .