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RUSSIAN MAJORITY ABOVE POLITICS, SHOWS OPINION PROBE

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MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian public political inclinations taken in a generalized, nonpartisan classification arrange as follows: 14% side with the Lefts for social justice; 13% with the Rights for democracy and market progress; and 10% sympathize with so-called patriots, that is, those who propagate nationalism and grassroots values. 25% prefer something in between the three trends, while 31% have no liking at all for Right, Left and "patriotic" ideas-which means that more than a half of the community do not identify themselves with whatever ideology on the Right-Left-Patriotic triad.

Political and ideological views of people siding with the United Russia, parliamentary majority party, approximately repeat the arrangement of the public as a whole. Thus, more than a half of them say they are not inclined to whatever part on the triad. There is a difference, however-slightly more side with the Rights: 18% as against the national average 13%, 12% among Liberal Democratic sympathizers, 11% Rodina (Motherland) nationalist political party, and 4% Communists.

Out of established Right mottos, United Russia voters prefer "a return to traditions and moral values"-34%, and "human rights, democracy, free personal self-expression", 27%. "Free market and private property" has preference with a mere 11% of the United Russia electorate.

When asked to which of their convictions, they think, Russian political leaders would subscribe, 18% of United Russia voters mentioned President Vladimir Putin; 6% Speaker Boris Gryzlov of the State Duma, parliament's lower house; and 5% Liberal Democratic chief Vladimir Zhirinovsky. An overwhelming 63% say they don't think any prominent political activist shares their views.

The All-Russia Public Opinion Center, or VTsIOM, made this opinion probe in a hundred urban and rural settlements in forty of Russia's constituent entities-regions, territories and republics, with 1,600 respondents. The statistical error was within 3.4%.

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