Levada: 72% of Russians do not have passports – BBC Russian

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Image caption Most Russians never traveled outside the former Soviet Union

passports have only 28% of Russians – evidenced by the poll data, conducted by the Levada center

The most common passports have managers and. managers, employees and in general for men, as well as the Russians aged 25 to 40 years with higher education, the study said.

on March 2014 the number of people who have a passport, did not change. The number of those who do not, has increased slightly over two years – from 71 to 72%

The majority of Russians have never been outside the former USSR did not leave 72% for overseas affairs respondents as well. . on vacation – 59%

there is a growing number of those who had traveled abroad, but now there does not go: in comparison with 2014 year is not going on business has increased by 4%, on vacation – 2 %.

The survey was conducted in 137 settlements of 48 Russian regions. It was attended by 800 people.

According to a survey by the Levada Center, conducted in January, 70% of the population was considered correct to refuse foreign travel for security reasons.