Maxim Trudolyubov: How Russia works – Russian opinion polls come full circle
People pass a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Museum of World Sculpture in the Cemean town of Yevpatoria on Oct. 17.
As much as it may sound paradoxical to a Western reader, public opinion is important in Russia. Or,more to the point, it's the polling industry and the copious amounts of data it collects that are important. The average Russian's responses to all kinds of questions are a staple of that same average Russian’s media diet.
