{"id":18876,"date":"2017-06-21T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:06","slug":"4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/06\/21\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"4 charts on how Russians see their country\u2019s place in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian public feels confident about their country\u2019s global standing, according to a new Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2017\/06\/20\/russians-remain-confident-in-putins-global-leadership\">survey<\/a>, even as signs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-russia-opposition-protests-idUSKBN1941XJ\">discontent<\/a> emerge at home. Here are four key findings about how Russians see their nation\u2019s place in the world:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/06\/21\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/ft_17-06-21_russia1_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292636\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4e3d5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4e3d5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"263\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia1_2.png?resize=420,263 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-29503 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia1_2.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"292636\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A majority of Russians believe their country is playing a more important role in the world today than it did a decade ago.<\/strong> Other publics with a sense of growing global importance include China and India. In a spring 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2016\/10\/05\/chinese-public-sees-more-powerful-role-in-world-names-u-s-as-top-threat\/#chinese-american-european-and-indian-views-of-their-role-in-the-world\">survey<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/06\/21\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/ft_17-06-21_russia2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292626\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0efeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0efeb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"401\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia2.png?resize=200,401 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-29495 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia2.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"292626\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">three-quarters of Chinese and 68% of Indians said their country is more influential compared with a decade ago. Such confidence contrasts with European views, where a median of just 23% across 10 European Union nations felt their country\u2019s global influence was on the rise in 2016.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Most Russians still believe their country doesn\u2019t get the respect it deserves, but fewer feel this way now than in the past.\u00a0<\/b>Today, 56% of the Russian public thinks Moscow should be held in higher esteem around the world. About a third believes Russia gets the proper amount of respect, which is up from just 16% in 2012, the last time the question was asked.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/06\/21\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/ft_17-06-21_russia3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292627\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e1e2d6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e1e2d6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"341\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia3.png?resize=310,341 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-29498 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia3.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"292627\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Russians see inherent conflict in their relationship with the West, but few rule out cooperation. According to a recently released Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2017\/05\/10\/religious-belief-and-national-belonging-in-central-and-eastern-europe\/\">report<\/a> based on 2015 survey data, overwhelming majorities in Russia believe that their country serves as an important counterbalance to the West (85%) and that Russian values clash with Western values (73%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Russians remain open to cooperation with the U.S. and other Western nations. A majority (55%) agree it is in their nation\u2019s interest to work closely with the West.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/06\/21\/4-charts-on-how-russians-see-their-countrys-place-in-the-world\/ft_17-06-21_russia4_4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292651\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e4d8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e4d8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"444\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia4_4.png?resize=310,444 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-29507 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/06\/FT_17.06.21_Russia4_4.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"292651\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President Vladimir Putin gets high marks on foreign affairs. Overall, nearly nine-in-ten Russians say they are confident in their president\u2019s ability to do the right thing in world affairs, with 58% expressing <em>a lot<\/em> of confidence.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to bilateral relationships, Russians give Putin high ratings on his handling of relations with the U.S. (73% approve), the EU (67%) and Ukraine (63%). But these ratings are down substantially from 2015, when 85% approved of Putin\u2019s handling of the U.S., 82% approved of EU relations and 83% approved of Ukrainian relations.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin gets his highest marks on managing relations with China (78% approval), a country with which Russian relations have become markedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/russia-china-north-korea-g7-nato-summits-world-bank-us-influence-a7754876.html\">friendlier<\/a> in recent years. However, even that figure is down 12 percentage points compared with 2015.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian public feels confident about their country\u2019s global standing, even as signs of discontent emerge at 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