MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Most Russians believe that Russia’s authorities are able to protect them from terrorist threats, the state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM) said on Friday.

A VTsIOM poll showed that 77% of respondents think the Russian authorities are able to protect them from terrorist attacks.

Meanwhile, 65% of those polled said they were afraid of falling a victim of a terrorist attack.

Some 23% of Russians said that the major terrorist threat in Russia is connected with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.

The poll was conducted in October 17-18 among 1,600 respondents in 46 Russian regions. The margin of error does not exceed 3.5%