US-Russia Binational Survey
Joint surveys on Russian and American attitudes conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and international partners.
US-Russia Relations in a Changing World
Explore shifting public opinion in both the United States and Russia between 2021 and 2025.
2022-2025
The most recent round of surveys from the Council and the Levada Analytical Center reveal widespread Russian support for the military operation in Ukraine and American support for aid to Ukraine. Publics in both countries sense a global realignment.
- Plurality of Russians Support Military Withdrawal from Syria
- Russian Public Makes Fewer Demands of Government During Wartime
- Russians Feel Mixed Impacts from Kremlin’s Foreign Policy Moves
- Russians Rather Endure Sanctions than Concede Ukraine War
- Three in Four Russians Expect Military Victory over Ukraine
- Russians Rally Around Putin’s Foreign Policy
- Russians are Indifferent Toward 2024 US Presidential Election
- Russians More Interested in Ukraine Peace Talks, but Oppose Making Major Conces…
- Russians Tend to Say Neither Israel nor Hamas Are Justified in Military Actions
- Young Russians See Brighter Future Than Young Americans Do
- Young Russians Are Skeptical of Most Media Outlets
- Young Russians Feel More Threatened by Terrorism Than War in Ukraine
- Generation Putin: Proud Russians but Disengaged
- Western Sanctions Have Largely Spared Ordinary Russians
- Do Russians Fear the West?
- Majority of Russians Still Unwilling to Return Occupied Parts of Ukraine
- Russians Are Split over Benefits of Military Action in Ukraine
- Few Russians Are Anxious about Western Sanctions
- Many Russians Support Ukraine Peace Talks but Not Letting Territory Go
- Growing US Divide on How Long to Support Ukraine
- Russian Public Accepts Putin's Spin on Ukraine Conflict
- Russians and Americans Sense a New Cold War
- Americans Support Ukraine—but Not with US Troops or a No-Fly Zone
2021
Surveys from the Council and the Levada Analytical Center show that although the public doesn't expect great changes to the US-Russia within the next 10 years, both publics see the merits of collaboration.
2019
Surveys conducted by the Council and the Levada Analytical Center reveal that large majorities of both Russians and Americans now view their countries as rivals.
- Americans and Russians Are Mostly Disinterested with Each Other
- Russians Want Crimea; Prefer Luhansk and Donetsk Independent
- Both Russian and American Publics Sense a Transatlantic Rift
- Russians Say Their Country Is A Rising Military Power; And a Growing Percentage…
- Americans and Russians Agree: We’re Heading towards a New Arms Race
2017
Opinion surveys conducted in both the United States and Russia reflect similar disappointment and continued mistrust among the general publics.
2016
Data from the 2016 Chicago Council Survey and the Levada Analytical Center in Russia show that mutual perceptions between Russians and Americans are now at levels not seen since the Cold War.
Opinion Leader Surveys
2020
Data from a survey of American experts on Russia, conducted by The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the Council, paint Russia as a declining power.
2018
Interviews with experts in the United States and Russia reveal scant hope for the Washington-Moscow relationship in the near term.
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