Results of the large annual Levada poll (July 2018) on “xenophobia” and attitudes towards immigration:

Wouldn’t let [X] into Russia. From left to right: Jews; Ukrainians; Chinese; Chechens; Central Asians; Africans; Gypsies.

. 2004 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Gypsies 32% 29% 22% 30% 18% 29% 32% 23% 22% 21% 17% 32% Chinese 39% 41% 34% 36% 30% 37% 45% 33% 24% 24% 15% 31% Vietnamese 39% 35% 24% 33% 21% 31% 32% 27% 22% 19% 12% 26% Central Asians 31% 23% 20% 27% 26% 35% 45% 29% 29% 29% 19% 25% Caucasians 46% 42% 38% 37% 39% 42% 54% 38% 29% 34% 22% 23% Ukrainians 8% 7% 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 8% 14% 13% 8% 17% Jews 15% 13% 6% 11% 8% 10% 8% 8% 7% 6% 4% 12% Non-Russians 14% 11% 16% 16% 17% 13% 14% 14% 15% 18% 17% 16% No restrictions 21% 25% 19% 21% 17% 18% 11% 21% 25% 20% 28% 28% N/A 5% 7% 14% 12% 15% 9% 8% 10% 10% 10% 18% 6%

Shouldn’t be allowed to reside in Russia.

Level of ethnophobia. Blue – Gypsies; Light blue – Chinese; Light green – Vietnamese; Cyan – Central Asians; Orange – Caucasians; Gray – Ukrainians; Dark blue – Jews; Dotted red line – “overall level of ethnophobia”.

Support for “Russia for Russians”. Dark red – Support it, past time to implement it; Red – Should be implemented within reason; Green – No, it is real fascism; Cyan – indifference or N/A.

Attitudes towards discriminatory ads (e.g. will only rent to Russians). Red – Support; Light red – understand; Light green – perplexity; Green – indignation; Yellow – indifference; Striped – haven’t seen such ads.

This varies strongly by geography. In Moscow, 63% support or understand such ads, while only 11% are perplexed or annoyed by them. In small cities, these figures are 32% and 23%, respectively.

Attitudes towards labor migration. Red – Oppose labor migration; Green – Support labor migration.

In 2018, some 67% want to restrict labor migration, while only 14% support it.

71% of Russians believe ethnicity is inherited from the parents at birth, while 24% believe that a person independently and consciously determines his/her own ethnicity.