Report
Published:
Generation Putin: Values, orientations and political participation
Written by
Denis Volkov
Ed.
Kristin Fjæstad
Senior Research Fellow, head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and international trade
Summary:
In spring 2017, many young Russians took to the streets of major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg in protest against the authorities. Since then, the generation that has grown up after the fall of the Soviet Union has captured the imagination of the general public, within the country and abroad. Researchers and journalists have been drawn to ‘Generation Putin,’ the generation that has grown up and come of age during Putin’s rule and now is gaining the right to vote and entering the political landscape. The Levada Center, an independent research organization based in Moscow, has conducted quantitative and qualitative sociological studies aimed at finding whether and how young Russians differ from the other generations. This paper presents the most significant differences according to data available from regular surveys and focus-group materials produced by the Levada Center.
- Published year: 2019
- Publisher: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
- Page count: 16
- Language: English
- Booklet: 888
- Journal: NUPI Working Paper
Written by
Denis Volkov