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On June, 2016 independent sociologists conducted a public opinion poll covering the most topical aspects of life in Belarus (those face-to-face interviewed are 1.512 persons aged 18 and over, margin of error doesn't exceed 0.03). Below you may find commentaries to the most important findings of these sociological procedure

PASSIVE ADAPTATION TO CRISIS HAS ITS LIMIT
Analyzing May events in Belarus we’ve supposed that adaptation of the Belarusian society to crisis would be the main trend of the second quarter of the year. That is why with a high level of probability June survey should have registered the so-called "effect of negative stabilization", based on public apathy and indifference...
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PRICE HIKE STILL OUT OF COMPETITION
In the framework of the general trend to the improvement of social moods the share of positive answers to the question "Do you think that Belarusian economy is in crisis?" dropped by 6.9 points. Nevertheless, it is still abnormally high...
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TO LIVE TO THE RETIREMENT AGE
A. Lukashenko signed the decree on the increase of retirement age on April 11, 2016. This decree stipulates that starting from January 1, 2017 retirement will be gradually increased by 6 months until it reaches 63 years for men and 58 years for women. Before the document was signed, there were two conferences in March on the development of pension system...
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STAGNATION AT THE NOOK OF STABILITY
We’ve already noted many times that at the heart of demand for changes lies, in the first place, the dissatisfaction of Belarusians with their current financial well-being. That is why the relative stabilization in economy in the second quarter of the year didn’t significantly influence the number of supporters and opponents of changes...
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GLOBAL TREND
In June A. Lukashenko’s rating changed in opposite senses comparatively to March. Electoral rating gained 2.2 points, while trust rating lost 3.1 points. These changes should be regarded as insignificant, so we can speak about a stabilization of public opinion on the actions of “the only politician” as the head of state on the first year of his fifth term...
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THE STATE IS AFFECTED BY THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE FIRST PERSON
Despite the seemingly successful assimilation of market-related social practices (e.g. those related to consummation), Belarusian society in XXI century kept its class-based nature. The term "fairness" is the basis term in class societies. In particular, allocation of resources is considered fair when it corresponds to the ranking in the class hierarchy...
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ONE MORE THREAT FOR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
"The state for the people, justice, protection of honest men, – said A. Lukashenko at the V All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, – are what was and is at the heart of the Belarusian sovereignty". The main peculiarity of the Belarusian society (or people, as A. Lukashenko puts it) is the split, as IISEPS surveys demonstrates it...
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MESSAGE-2016
Belarusians’ attention to the annual messages of the head of state oscillates in a pretty wide range. Over the last 10 years it achieved its high only in the year of the third presidential election (69%). It’s low coincides with the first year of the fifth term (49%) after the exhaustion of the mobilization resource of "Crimeaisours"...
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VOTING, CARING, DISCUSSING
Voting in elections is the indisputable leader of popularity among modern types of popular political activities for Belarusians. For example, in June 2016 65.5% of respondents confirmed that they take part in elections. According to European standards it’s a solid figure, but it’s significantly lower than the official one...
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TWO SHOWS
All-Belarusian People’s Assembly (popular veche) is the supreme implementation of poplar rule. This is the official version. The first Assembly was held on October 19-20, 1996. Let us remind you the heading of A. Lukashenko’s report: "Only the People Have the Right to Decide Their Fate". By way of historical reference, it should be noted that veche was a popular assembly of town or tribal community in ancient and medieval Slavic countries...
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IF THE WAR STARTS TOMORROW
Over the second quarter of the current year the share of European integration supporters increased insignificantly – by 4 percentage points. It’s worth a reminder that in February the EU cancelled sanctions against Belarus, and the normalization of relations between Belarus and the EU entered a new phase...
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FRIENDS AND FOES OF BELARUS
The results of June IISEPS survey demonstrate which countries respondents consider friendly, and which hostile. These results confirm a high level of stability of Belarusians’ "picture of the world", however the observed changes are quite instructive...
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"I WENT OFF TO FIGHT WITH A GUN AND A PACK..."
In April 2016 the Parliament adopted amendments to the penal code, providing a juridical base for criminal prosecution of Belarusians participating in battle actions in Ukraine on both sides of the front. In May these amendments came into force...
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WHAT BELARUSIANS THINK OF AMERICA
June IISEPS survey demonstrated that, as previously, Belarusians consider the US as the most hostile country to Belarus – 52.4% of respondents share this opinion (only 4.2% of respondents believe that the US is a friendly country)...
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CLINTON-TRUMP: BELARUSIAN CHOICE
Belarusians are not very interested in the US elections, as opposed to 2008. Not many of them are ready to formulate their preferences. Nevertheless, in their eyes Donald Trump has a small but significant advantage over Hillary Clinton...
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