MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Public confidence in the results of elections in Russia has grown from 46% to 61% in three years, according to polls from the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), conducted in September 2021 among 1,200 adult Russians, and in August 2023, when a total of 1,600 respondents were interviewed.

"Over three years, the level of public trust in the results of elections has increased from 46% (2021) to 61% (2023) - 1.3 times. In the August survey, 61% of Russians responded that they rather trust the results of elections, and 69% among voting adults (those who feel a duty to participate in all elections)," the report says.

Sociologists also found out that almost 70% of voting adults in Russia think that the results of the elections in their region are legitimate and believe that they are held fairly and without serious violations. "A total of 22% stated the opposite, while one in nine found it difficult to assess the fairness of elections in their region (11%)," the study, conducted in August 2023, said.

Over a third of the survey participants answered that they feel a duty to take part in all elections - federal, regional and local (38%), every fourth goes to the elections whenever possible (25%), about the same number of respondents go occasionally - 24%. Only every tenth admitted that they ignore elections on general principle (10%).