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Muscovites are proud to live in Moscow, but they are unlikely to boast about their city's reigning title as the murder capital of Europe. However, the homicide rate, along with soaring mafia-related crime and persistent corruption, partly ...

Gallup World Poll data suggest that Russians' insecurity regarding their personal safety runs deep -- and many feel unsafe in their day-to-day lives. Just 27% of Russians feel safe walking alone in their area at night, and only 25% have ...

Russia's new president faces diplomacy challenges worldwide, especially in much of the Western world where approval of Russian leadership is already low.

Environmental concerns are high on the agenda at this week's G8 summit. Gallup data indicate that Russians are far less satisfied than residents of the other participant countries with their country's environmental record. Just 15% of Russians ...

Well before the conflict between Russia and Georgia erupted last week, Gallup Polls indicated that majorities of Georgians and Russians perceived relations between the two countries as breaking down.

Gallup finds more favorable attitudes toward learning Russian in Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia. However, in only three post-Soviet states -- Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan -- did more than half of respondents ask to take the survey in Russian.

Although Russia has been recognized as a market economy for several years, Gallup Polls in the country reveal its citizens tend to think this type of economy is wrong, rather than right, for their country’s future.

Growing tensions between the U.S. and Russia are reflected to some extent in Russian public opinion. According to a March 2007 survey, more Russians think relations between the two countries have declined over the past year than say relations ...

A Gallup Special Report on the views of Georgians and Russians prior to the current conflict. Earlier this year, Georgians expressed a desire for close relations with Russia but approved more readily of Western leadership than Russian ...

Residents across 14 former Soviet republics are far more likely to say corruption is higher now than lower when compared with the days of the Soviet Union. Perceptions of corruption vary by nation, but in no country do a majority of residents ...