Media: thirty percent of Russian-speaking residents of Finland complain of discrimination

The vast number of Russian-speaking residents of Finland believes that the crisis in Ukraine has led to the deterioration of relations between Finland and Russia, says a Finnish magazine. This view is held by two-thirds, one-fifth believed that the conflict did not affect the relationship.

thirty percent of respondents believed that they were discriminated against because of the Russian language in Finland, while in the age group 18 - 34 years this figure above: fifty percent believe that the attitude towards them has deteriorated. 46% of respondents believe that the attitude of the Russian-speaking Finns to positive, 21% believe it is rather negative, and 7% said that they were always negative, and not only in the light of recent events.

The survey was conducted in the early winter of 2014 and was attended by over five hundred people at the Desk pointed out the Russian language as native. 25% of respondents are residents of Russia, 19% of residents of Finland, 42% have dual citizenship. 6% of respondents are residents of Estonia, 2% - Ukraine.


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