Poll: Russians wanted to hear more on social policy, ways out of crisis in Putin's address
Over half of those familiar with the Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly among those polled said they were inspired by it
MOSCOW, December 11. /TASS/. More than one third of Russians (35%) demonstrated interest in the President Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly on December 3, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center said in a poll published on its website on Friday.
"Respondents who personally watched the address or learned about it from the news positively assessed the issues of fighting against terrorism (13%), imposing sanctions on Turkey (13%), the proposal to extend the maternity capital program (13%), domestic policy developments and so on," the pollster said in a press release.
More than half of respondents familiar with the state of the nation address (57%) noted that they were inspired by it.
Among the topics that Russians expected from Putin but did not hear are the pension system reform (12%), social policy (7%), ways out of the crisis (5%), increasing salaries (5%).