From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/1/2005 1:53 PM 22.3.2005 13:51 MSK Half of Russia’s inhabitants fear police RUSSIA, Moscow. March 17th. According to a survey taken by the Public Opinion Fund, 41% of our fellow citizens fear violence from law-enforcement agencies. Young Russians fear the police more than the elderly do (46% to 31%). More than half of the inhabitants of Moscow (56%) fear the police, and those in metropolitan areas with populations of more than 1 million fear them at a rate of 51%.
Events in Blagoveshensk have increased fear of the police. Mass violence is considered to be common police practice by 59% of respondents. 56% of respondents assume that "special operations", similar to those in Blagoveshensk could occur where they live. Only 1% of those interrogated justified the actions of the police in Blagoveshenk, while the overwhelming majority viewed the situation as "cruelty and lawlessness" on the part of those in power. 45% of those interrogated believed that the paramilitary police were carrying out orders, and only 28% believe the violence was committed on their own initiative. Almost half of survey respondents - 46% - believe the violence will not be punished, while 36% believe it will be. The majority of those surveyed think that the investigation will find no fault on the part of law-enforcement agencies (55%), only 18% believe there will be a change for the better.
Translated by OM Kenney PRIMA-News Agency, [2005-03-21-Rus-22] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2005/3/22/31539.html
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