Many believe that society has split into closed bubbles, where Z-niks communicate only with other Z-niks, believing they are the majority. And many believe that propaganda has succeeded in making the majority of Russians feel that everyone supports the war.
So here’s the thing: that’s not true
13/19

This doesn’t quite look like a readiness to “fight to the bitter end” and support Putin in everything, does it?

And we especially saw this clearly when we asked the following question.
8/19

Russians do not want to fight. We’ve been asking the same question for the last three years, and even in 2022, the share of those who wanted to spend budget revenues on the war never exceeded 20%.
6/19

It turns out that despite all the propaganda efforts, the sense of stability is rapidly disappearing. This is an important trend.

No matter how much they lie on TV, claiming that Putin has everything under control—people can’t be fooled. They see that everyone around them feels anxious.
5/19

It’s become common to say that nothing is changing in Russia, that society has gotten used to the war and learned to notice it.

But in our surveys, we see a completely different picture—the picture of how society’s attitude is constantly changing, how its patience is running out.
4/19

Three times in 2024, we asked Russians about their expectations for life in the future.

We saw that the number of pessimists increased one and a half times over the past year. Something must have happened… For some reason, stability has disappeared…
3/19

I'll just leave it here.
How on Earth could this have happened!?