National Issues
The Yukos Affair
- Most Russians think oligarchs have too much power...
- But both officials and oligarchs are both seen as a lot of power...
- A plurality of Russians link prosecutions of the Yukos leadership to elite infighting...
- While confessing ignorance about what's going on...
- And about the consequences of the Yukos affair.
- Most don't think that the oligarchs' power and wealth are seriously threatened...
- And a plurality think the Yukos affair will enhance trust in the President and General Prosecutor's Office.
- As you probably know, after a new trial, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were sentenced to another 14 years term in prison. In your opinion, was the trial just, honest and objective?
- How did your trust in the court system change after this (Yukos) trial?
- If a petition for granting a pardon to Khodorkovsky and Lebedev is sent to Dmitry Medvedev - would you prefer that the President approved it or not?
285
Do you think that the state now controls the activities of \\\'oligarchs\\\' or do you think the oligarchs, as before, \\\'hire\\\' the authorities and senior officials for their own purposes?
VCIOM, Nationwide Survey, August, 2001
448
A) Do you agree with the view that oligarchs in Russia right now have almost unlimited power: they do whatever they please? B) What about higher state officials? Do you agree that they have almost unlimited power: they do whatever they please?
Levada Center, Nationwide Survey, January, 2004
427
In the Yukos affair, do you think the Prosecutor\'s Office is acting on its own initiative or fulfilling Putin\'s orders?
, Levada Center, Nationwide Survey, October, 2003
428
Do you think the current developments around the company Yukos will lead to improvement or deterioration in …?
, Levada Center, Nationwide Survey, October, 2003
435
Do you think the campaign against the \'oligarchs\' has begun in all seriousness and will lead to the limitation of their economic and political power in this country?
, Levada Center, Nationwide Survey, November, 2003
436
Do you think the Yukos affair will increase or decrease public trust in the General Prosecutor\\'s Office? And in President Putin?
Levada Center, Nationwide Survey, November, 2003
660
Q. As you probably know, after a new trial, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were sentenced to another 14 years term in prison. In your opinion, was the trial just, honest and objective?
Khodorkovsky, Lebedev, Yukos, trial, courts, political system, Russia
661
Q. How did your trust in the court system change after this (Yukos) trial?
Khodorkovsky, Lebedev, Yukos, court system, trust
666
Q. If a petition for granting a pardon to Khodorkovsky and Lebedev is sent to Dmitry Medvedev - would you prefer that the President approved it or not?
Khodorkovsky, Lebedev, Medvedev, Yukos, trial, petition
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