Russian Public Opinition between Elections

International Social Science Journal. 1995. Vol. 146. P. 553–565.

Melville A. Y., Bashkirova E.

Analysis of public attitudes in Russia today reveals substantial political fatigue and mistrust of political leaders and institutions. Distrust of the "democrats' does not translate into support for authoritarianism, however, or into an anti-reform, anti-democratic backlash. Economically, Russians support a mixed economy with market incentives and social guarantees, while politically they are essentially centrist. With a multi-party system still only embryonic, party identifications are weak, and no party as yet effectively represents the centrist views of most Russian voters. -Authors