The situation in Ukraine is better than the media reports, every fifth Russian believes
Russian media show the situation in Ukraine worse than it is. This is the opinion of 22% of participants in a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM).
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This is the maximum indicator of suspicions of “smearing” among other topics. 19% of respondents said that the media show the Russian opposition worse than it is. The remaining topics scored less than 10% on this indicator.
40% believe that Ukrainian events are covered objectively by Russian media. In objectivity when covering natural disasters - 70%, the activities of the president - (55%), Russia's position in the international arena - 51%. The level of objectivity in covering the activities of the opposition (34%) and the situation in the economy (31%) is lower than in the Ukrainian issue.
It is noteworthy that 28% of respondents believe that the situation in Ukraine is much worse than the Russian media show. Journalists even more embellish the activities of the president (33%), Russia's position in the international arena (31%) and the situation in the economy (50%).
English version :: Read in English The situation in Ukraine is better than the media is reporting, according to one in five Russians.