Anxiety took possession of them

The Kremlin ordered to sociological services the study of Russians to the activities of the leader of the progress party Alexei Navalny. This was reported by the BBC for a source close to the presidential administration, as well as sociologists and participants in polls.

So, by order of the presidential administration, VTsIOM conducted a survey in Yekaterinburg on the attitude to Navalny, to corruption and protest shares. The results of the study were not published. The respondents were asked questions: “Do you know about Navalny’s activity,” “Have your opinion on him over the past year and a half has changed,” “Have your opinion on the current government have changed after watching the film“ He NOT DIMON YOU ”.

Sociologists were also interested in the opinion of respondents, whether the media should illuminate protest actions. Two answer options were offered: "should" or "should not, because it is destabilizing the situation."

According to VTsIOM General Director VALIARY Fedorov, disagreements among respondents were observed on the question of the police. The older generation called the "detention" of the participants in the shares "correct and reasonable", and the youth considers themselves the right to "rally where they want."

On Friday, the public opinion fund published the results of a survey about the attitude of Russians to the activities of Navalny. They showed that more than half of Russians, 56 percent, know about politics. Over the past year, Navalny's recognition has grown significantly. In December 2016, less than half of Russians, 42 percent were known about him, and in 2011 - only 7.

43 percent of the respondents are known about the protest on March 26 and June 12, and 24 percent said that they learned about this on television. Meanwhile, the shares were practically not covered on federal channels. The investigation of the FBC of corruption surrounded by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is known for thirds of respondents. In March, 19 percent of respondents knew about him.

In addition, sociologists of the FOM conducted a study on focus groups from young Muscovites aged 15 to 17 years. They were asked about the attitude to the political situation in Russia, to rallies and to Navalny. It is also known about holding a focus group in Chelyabinsk.

The head of the FOM, Alexander Oslon, did not answer the question of who acted as the customer of these studies.

On June 15, Vladimir Putin during a direct line stated that protests in Russia are organized for self -promotion and used for provocation and exacerbation of the situation . "It is one thing to organize protest promotions, and it is another matter to use these actions as a tool for provocation and exacerbation of the situation for self -disclosure, this is not welcome. I believe that this is not done to improve the situation in the country, this is not done to solve any problems that the country faces and people are facing, not in order to solve the problems of people, but to solve their own, personal issues related to self -advertising," noted it, "noted. President.

The president was asked the question of whether he was ready for a dialogue with the opposition. “I am ready to talk with everyone who is really aimed at improving the lives of people, aimed at solving problems facing the country, and not to use the difficulties - and difficulties are always and everywhere enough - for their own political PR. To use difficulties as a tool for their own promotion, in order to cash in in the political sense on these difficulties,” Putin answered.