Russians are not worried about the sanctions imposed on their country by the West. This conclusion was reached by researchers of the Levada Center after conducting a nationwide survey. Compared to November last year, the number of those who worry about the sanctions has decreased: 34% of respondents are not worried about them, 30% are not too worried, and those who are worried enough or very much by restrictions are 18% and 15%.

Older respondents are most concerned about sanctions: among respondents aged 55 and over, this figure is 40%, as well as respondents with low incomes (the same percentage). In addition, residents of large cities - with a population of more than 500 thousand people (36%), as well as Muscovites (33%) - are most worried about sanctions..

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52% of Russians believe that sanctions affect the general population. However, more and more residents of the aggressor country (36%) are beginning to say that they concern only a narrow circle of people responsible for Russian policy towards Ukraine. This is the opinion of 41% of the wealthiest respondents and 40% of Putin's supporters..

At the same time, the majority of respondents (81%) note that the sanctions did not create big problems for them.. Serious problems, according to respondents, the restrictions created only for 6% of Russians.

78% of respondents believe that sanctions will not have a negative impact on the development of Russia, and 57% even believe that they will strengthen the country and become an incentive for its development. Only 14% of respondents say that sanctions will cause significant damage to Russia.

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The all-Russian survey of the Levada Center was conducted on March 23-29, 2023. according to a representative all-Russian sample of the urban and rural population of 1633 people aged 18 years and older in 137 settlements, 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The study is conducted at the respondent's home through a personal interview..

At the same time, despite the rise in oil prices, yesterday the Russian ruble for the first time since April last year, during trading on the Moscow Exchange, collapsed against the dollar to a level above 80 rubles..

The state budget of Russia for the first three months of the year has strongly slid into minus. According to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the deficit from January to March amounted to 2.4 trillion rubles (26.5 billion euros).