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Since the spring of 1991, the CSPP has been involved in more than 100 nationwide sample surveys in post-Communist countries. Each round of surveys asks a common core of questions, a unique source for monitoring trends within nations, and comparisons across nations. All research questions and analyses are undertaken independently of government. The New Russia Barometer Surveys (NRB) comprise one series within the CSPP surveys. They have been conducted annually since 1992, and consist of interviews with a stratified representative nationwide sample of Russian adults. The interviews last approximately one hour, and collect information about political, economic and social attitudes and behaviour. Further information is available on the CSPP New Russia Barometer webpages.


The New Russia Barometer XI, June 2003 is the eleventh study in the series. The survey which was undertaken in summer, 2003 is in effect an end of term report on Vladimir Putin, who entered office in August, 1999. Like previous NRB surveys, it asks the Russian people how they are doing in their everyday lives, and how they think the new system of government is doing. It also asks for an evaluation of how President Putin is doing. There are questions about expectations of the future and about links with peoples in the near abroad (that is, the former Soviet Union) and further abroad in the enlarged European Union.

Main Topics:

The questionnaire covered the following topics:

• employment
• the economy
• systems of government
• how Russia is governed today
• civic participation
• international relations
• past, present, future
• social structure