The survey also found that most Russians described torture and violence as unacceptable, but that many respondents changed their minds when presented with specific situations.
Just 41 percent of respondents said that officials should be able to carry out “minor” human rights violations for the greater good, but that figure rose when participants were asked whether a kidnapper should be tortured to give up the location of their underage victims (reaching 63 percent), or whether a doctor should be able to violently restrain a mentally-ill patient in order to administer drugs (73 percent).
Some 786 people were surveyed as part of the study, RBC reported.