THE RUSSIANS LOOK AT THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM, BUT ARE RATHER
CRITICAL, BY EVALUATING THEIR CURRENT STANDARD OF LIVING








PRAGUE, March 6.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " Viktor Proussakov /. Among
all the inhabitants of Eastern Europe, the Russians undoubtedly look
at the future with the most optimism, but are, on the other hand, much
more critical than the others, by evaluating their current standard of
living.  That comes out clearly from a survey carries out by the
tcheque Center of study of the opinion among the inhabitants of the
tcheque Republic, of Hungary, of Poland, of Lithuania and Russia.

22% of the Russians believe in changes for best, whereas 15% of them
hardly do not believe in it.  On the other hand, the Russians are most
critical in the evaluation of their own standard of living.  Indeed,
only 11% of the population of Russia of it are satisfied, whereas 42%
of the Russians consider it completely insufficient.

Among the inhabitants of Eastern Europe, those of Tchequie undoubtedly
are satisfied of their standard of living.  At the time of the known
as survey, 29% of Tcheques have qualifies good their materielle
situation.

However, the same survey has demontre that they are the Poles and
Tcheques who are more the skeptics as for their prospects.  Thus, only
14 A 16% of the Poles and Tcheques believe in the " following days
which sing ", whereas 27% of them fear same for their future.

Lituaniens are most critical as for the saving in their country.  77%
of the inhabitants of Lithuania are, indeed, mecontents of the economy
Lithuanian.  In tcheque Republic, 49% of the inhabitants are not
hardly satisfied with their national economy, whereas in Russia, 44%
of the population are in the same case.