The Country Opinion Survey in Russiaassists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a betterunderstanding of how stakeholders in Russia perceive theWBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback fromnational and local governments, multilateral/bilateralagencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civilsociety in Russia on: 1) their views regarding the generalenvironment in Russia; 2) their overall attitudes toward theWBG in Russia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’seffectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities,and communication and information sharing in Russia; and 4)their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Russia.