"89.9% of lies," - this is how Igor Eidman, ex-director for communications of VTsIOM, spoke about the record rating of President Vladimir Putin, recently calculated by VTsIOM. In an entry on his Facebook page, he wrote the following: “The media are discussing Putin’s new record rating. However, taking VTsIOM figures seriously is, of course, ridiculous. I’m telling you this as the former communications director of this organization. "Party of Crooks and Thieves" - "United Russia". And there is an official SZhiV, "Sociology of Crooks and Thieves" - this is VTsIOM. I redeemed my guilt for a short stay in this puppet theater of the Kremlin Karabas-Barabas, telling everything I know about it and handing over the relevant documents to the New Times magazine.In this edition, based on my materials, three revealing articles were printed about how the leaders of VTsIOM are manually controlled from the presidential administration, coordinate literally every step with it, and the money received from state orders is poured into dummy offshore firms.

Then I testified in court, where VTsIOM sued the New Times, and confirmed the accusations contained in the article. As a result, the Kremlinites managed to challenge only one unprincipled position. And the whole criminal story about cuts and offshore companies was confirmed. The author of the article, Natalia Morari, as a Moldovan citizen, was then expelled from Russia, and I was threatened by mail on behalf of some non-existent "Chechen" Valid Daurov. To be honest, I thought that after all that had happened, it would be somehow indecent to refer to the results of VTsIOM research, that not a single self-respecting journalist or expert would plunge into this city ... anymore. But, as the classic said: “Having never seen such a thing, and here it is again!”.

Of course, the VTsIOM information about the mood of the population has no value. VTsIOM always stands in the pose of "whatever you want", implicitly following the instructions of the authorities. His data do not record real public sentiments, but what the Putin administration would like them to see at this moment. Now the government wants to announce that it is more popular than ever. What is it for? Putin apparently has to demonstrate to the "city and the world" that his course of war (in this case, the Syrian one) is justified and effective. Apparently, many doubt it. In general, the course towards permanent war, taken in 2014, was largely dictated by the purely applied internal tasks of the Russian leadership. By this time, the well-being of the country's inhabitants, based on high oil prices, had reached its maximum. However, the collapse in energy prices that began in mid-2014 was just around the corner. The Russian authorities expected him and understood that he would inevitably plunge the country into economic crisis. What was needed was a “small victorious war” that could distract people from their pressing problems and difficulties. And Putin started it with the capture of the Crimea.

A "strong hand" in the view of the layman is needed in order to protect him from "enemies". The Russian dictator, in order to justify his power, needs to constantly invent new enemies and wage a permanent war with them. Not so important: in Ukraine, in Syria, anywhere. The main thing: "The Show Must Go On!", the military TV show for the townsfolk must go on. Today, a temporary lull on the Ukrainian front, so that, God forbid, the degree of patriotic enthusiasm of the population does not fall, is compensated by a new war in another, Syrian direction. But how effective is this strategy? In an authoritarian society, it is impossible to understand how people really relate to power, how strong their loyalty is. The well-known sociologist Shlepentokh wrote: “In general, our research on the eve of Perestroika testified to the complete loyalty of the population to the Soviet system, its ideology and its leadership. Our data turned out to be a poor predictor of what will happen in a few years. Gorbachev and his team almost instantly destroyed the Soviet system, without meeting resistance not only from the masses, but also from the party apparatus, the party and the KGB.

Putin’s authorities seem to be wishful thinking, telling themselves as in a session with a psychotherapist: everything is going according to plan, the strategy of maintaining military hysteria is successful, the regime is more popular and durable than ever (and VTsIOM helpfully gives them the necessary “information”). I remember that the Soviet rulers behaved the same way. And then their power was covered with a copper basin."

All-Russian Center public opinion(VCIOM) conducts population surveys commissioned by federal and regional government authorities, as well as electoral and political studies, which remain a priority for the company. Two thirds of our VTsIOM customers are commercial and non-commercial structures.

In 2012, the company celebrated its 25th anniversary.

VTsIOM has long been not only a polling center, but a full-cycle diversified research company. His research covers all new areas of social behavior of the inhabitants of Russia and the CIS countries. VTsIOM is actively working in the field of trademark expertise, branding and corporate research, media measurements, consumer behavior in various markets.

Over the past 25 years, such recognized pioneering sociologists as Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Boris Grushin, Yuri Levada have made an invaluable contribution to the development of VTsIOM.

VTsIOM became a co-founder of an international research agency"Eurasian Monitor" operating in the countries former USSR. And as a member of the international professional association of market researchers ESOMAR ( ESOMAR code ) is a member of the international network Intersearch - works in the interests of our clients far beyond Russia, in 18 countries, including the USA, Germany and France. The world is becoming increasingly globalized - and VTsIOM is globalizing along with it.

VTsIOM implements its own educational and publishing programs. It is not the first year that the basic departments of the Center have been working in leading Moscow universities: the State University-Higher School of Economics, MGIMO and the Russian State University for the Humanities. Non-commercial research projects, including methodological and methodological research, since 2010 has been implementing the Foundation for the Promotion of Public Opinion Research, formed under the auspices of VTsIOM.

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