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67% of the Russians do not feel hostility towards persons of different nationality


67% of Russians state that they don�t feel irritation or hostility towards persons of one or another nationality. As our correspondent discovered from the Foundation �Obshchestvennoe meniye� (Public meaning), this number came as a result of a countrywide survey among urban and rural populations in 100 places in 44 oblasts, krais and autonomous republics in all economical-geographic regions of Russia. In total, 1,500 persons were questioned. The method of the survey was interviews at the place of residence. The statistic error rate does not extend 3,6%.

29% of the questioned persons confess that they feel �irritated� by some nationalities. Persons who voted for the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) in the Duma elections (47%), inhabitants of the Central Federal Region (42%) and younger people (35%) gave this answer more often than others. Meanwhile, the question �Has the migration of some nationalities to your region, district or town has to be limited in your opinion?� was answered in the affirmative by 63%. If in the corresponding region the deportation of representatives of some nationalities was decided, the majority of the Russians (52%) agreed to this decision. Most enthusiastically in this respect were the followers of the LDPR (72%), inhabitants of big cities (58%), of the Central (58%) and the Siberian Federal Region (61%).

In addition, one third of all questioned persons (34%) voted against the deportation of representatives of certain ethnic groups. 46% of all persons with higher education gave this answer, 42 % of the inhabitants of the North Western Federal Region, 34% of the followers of the fraction �Rodina� and 49% of the followers of the liberal parties SPS and �Yabloko�.



Source: IA REGNUM

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