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Russians Are Becoming More Religious : State Poll
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (R), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his wife Svetlana pray during an Orthodox Easter in Moscow April 12, 2015.
ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/REUTERS
BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 4/29/16 AT 1:36 PM
Russians are becoming more and more religious, according to a poll by state survey company WCIOM.
More Russians claimed they relied on divine help or intervention and more believed in predetermined fate than they did 25 years ago.
The study surveyed a sample of 1,600 Russians, demographically representative of the country’s population, including both Christians and Muslims. It mimicked a similar study conducted in 1991 with many of the same questions.
According to the figures, 67 percent of Russians now rely either partly or strongly on divine help in their endeavors, while only 14 percent said they do not believe in a god at all. A quarter of a century ago, only 49 percent relied on help from a god, while 21 percent did not believe in one.
http://www.newsweek.com/more-russians-hope-divine-help-state-poll-454013
