In comparison, a year ago this complaint also occupied the first place in the "rating of complaints" against the government. Forty-five percent of the polled gave a similar answer at the time.
The government does not take care of the social protection of the population believe 37% of the respondents (previously - 43%); cannot provide people with employment - 32% (33%); cannot handle the economic crisis and the drop in industrial production - 25% (23%).
The government does not have a concrete program for solving the crisis believe 20% of Russians (15%); the Cabinet officials are corrupted and pursue their own interests in the first place - 18% (19%); it does not fight effectively against crime - 17% (19%); it cannot guarantee safety of Russian citizens and put an end to terrorist activities -16% (18%).
Ten percent (9%) accuse the government of waging a "strange" war in Chechnya.
Nine percent of the respondents criticize Fradkov's Cabinet for low degree of professionalism (7%).
Seven percent insist that the government acts in the interests of the "shadow" criminal capital (7%), and five percent believe it acts in the interests of the foreign capital (4%).
Five percent of the respondents mentioned other complaints (7%).
Only eight percent of the Russian citizens do not have complaints against the government. The same number of the respondents had similar attitudes toward Fradkov's Cabinet last year.
This nation-wide representative poll was conducted on May 13-17, 2005, in 128 cities and villages in 46 regions of the Russian Federation. The margin of statistical error in such polls is normally not more than 3%.
