The attitude of Russians to the processes occurring in the army of the Russian Federation
It is curious to look and comment on the results published fund "Public opinion".
One of the questions that was offered to Russians sounded like this:
How do you assess the state of affairs in the Russian army: how excellent, good, satisfactory, bad or very bad?
The answers were summarized by 4 categories: the first - “excellent and good”, the second - “satisfactory”, the third - “bad and very bad”, the fourth - “I find it difficult to answer”.
The leading position in the number of those who chose it took the position according to which the state of affairs in the Russian army is assessed as satisfactory. So answered 37% of respondents. 33% of respondents consider the situation to be excellent and good in Armenia, and this is an absolute record for the whole history carrying out similar sociological polls by FOM employees. For example, in April of the current year, the “good” and “excellent” assessments of the state of affairs in the Russian army were set by 25% of respondents. In 2006, only 3% of respondents answered the question in this way.
If you believe the results of the POF poll, it turns out that in 8-9 years in Russia, 11 has become more times the number of people who believe that the army is not just reborn, but also shows itself from the best. At the same time, the number of people who believe that chaos and lawlessness reigns in the army has sharply decreased. The state of the army of the Russian Federation assessed as bad or very bad 9% of respondents. This is the same as it was in April 2014. For comparison: in 2005 and 2006, 51% and 71% of respondents thought so, respectively. 71%! Percentage of many things ...
The second question from the POF concerns tendencies in Armenia and it sounds like this:
Do you think that today the situation in the Russian army is improving, worsening or remains the same as it was?
53% of respondents said that things are improving. 7% reported a reverse trend. Interestingly,% X of the interviewed Anatoly Serdyukov and representatives of the famous (former) “Zhenbat” (the “female battalion” of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation) entered these 7?
The third question of the FOM, in fact, duplicates the first two, because in it the Fund’s experts wanted to know the opinion of the respondents about the attitude of society to the Russian army. 54% said that the society is positive about the army, 14% have a diametrically opposite point of view, while the rest believe that the attitude of society to the country's army as a whole is neutral. To be honest, the purpose of this question is not quite clear, as it is somewhat strange to ask one or another interlocutor about the attitude towards the army of the whole Russian society. To find out this opinion, the first two questions, in principle, were enough.
Other questions from the FOM related to the attitude of Russians to the call, the evasion of some citizens from serving in the army and the influence of the call-to service on the person’s identity. 66% of respondents said that every healthy young man is obliged to complete conscription service, and 28% believe that young Russians should have the right of choice.
Estimates of attitudes towards draft divers were relatively close. 48% of respondents treat such people negatively, and 34% said they understand and even sympathize with draft dodgers. Interestingly, at the beginning of the 2000-s, they understood the draft dodgers and 53% of the citizens sympathized with them. That is, here the tendency of a more responsible attitude to the army and service in it is still evident. As a result, the FOM invited citizens (men) to answer the question whether they served in the army themselves. The results are as follows: of the 76% surveyed, they said they served, 23% did not. Several people said that it was difficult to answer this question. Have you forgotten? ..
Now, in fact, about the results of the FOM poll. What could be the reason for the increase in the number of people who consider the situation in the Russian army to be good and excellent? Of course, recent events played a role here. These are frequent military exercises, successful launches of ballistic missiles, testing of new types of military equipment. This is a well-known bloodless operation in the Crimea to protect the Crimean population from innovations of the Maidan and to provide an opportunity to speak freely about the status of the peninsula.
A positive opinion is also related to the fact how our sworn friends treat the Russian army. If we take into account that all the recent time, many “democratic partners” have called the Russian army the main threat in the world after a couple of decades of frank ridicule against the background of ignoring the interests of the Russian Federation, this suggests that the army has really stepped forward. A considerable contribution to the formation of a positive image of the army is made by television, the Internet, cinema, and literature. The possibility of a sober (comparative) assessment of what is happening in the Russian army and other armies of the world, as well as what the Russian army was 10-15 years ago, and what it is becoming today, has appeared. People have the opportunity from television screens, from the pages of websites, from newspapers to learn about the commissioning of military equipment of new designs, about improving the life of military personnel, about the technical equipment of the army. Comparative analysis allows us to form an objective judgment on the processes in the Armed Forces.
"Military Review", given the profile of our audience, invites readers to express their views on the processes taking place in the modern army of Russia, to characterize its modernization, and also to tell about their thoughts about what is needed to further improve Russia's defense.
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