Russians have more trust in Kadyrov

The number of Russia's residents, who express trust in the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, has increased by 22% as compared with 2006, said the "Levada-Centre".

The question "Can you trust Ramzan Kadyrov?" was responded positively by 55% of respondents, and negatively – by 21%. In December 2006, the same question was answered positively only by 33% of respondents, while 36% expressed mistrust in Kadyrov. Besides, there is a reduction in the number of those who have not decided on their attitude to Ramzan Kadyrov. In 2006, 32% of respondents found it difficult to answer whether they trust him or not; but in the recent survey there were only 24% of such respondents.

More and more people treat the situation in Chechnya as peaceful and calm; and 33% of respondents believe that this is a result of Kadyrov's activities. In April 2007, there were 18% of such respondents; and in November 2011 – only 13%. Only 3% of respondents are sure that Chechnya will separate from Russia, while in 2007 the figure was 11%.

The survey was conducted by the "Levada Centre" on March 20-23, 2015, by means of the representative nationwide sampling of urban and rural population, which covered 1600 respondents aged 18 and up from 134 dwelling settlements of 46 regions of Russia.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.