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Public Opinion in Russia

UCL Uncovering Politics

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Katharina Tertichnaya is a lecturer in comparative politics at UCL. She joins Alan Renek to discuss the state of public opinion in Russia. How can we measure people's attitudes in authoritarian settings, she asks. Why do autocrats care about their approval ratings? More popular governments tend to last longer in office,. Sometimes citizens will look at a leader's popularity as a sign that the leader is competent.

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