47% of Russians would like to tie their salary to the dollar or euro, 31% do not consider it necessary, RBC reported, citing the results of a Superjob portal survey. The survey involved 1,600 people over the age of 18.
“Today, the number of people who want to fix their salaries in American or European monetary units has been the highest since 2015: seven years ago, 32% of Russians dreamed about it, and in August 2020 – 37%,” analysts said.
Most often, men spoke about the desire to receive a salary in foreign currency – 55% versus 41% of women, Russians under 34 years old – 56%, respondents with an income above 80,000 rubles. – 51%.
Russians began to save more money in dollars and euros. According to the study “Sber Asset Management”, the share of depositors with savings in dollars increased from 11 to 16.4% over the year, in euro – from 6 to 11%. More often than others, residents of Krasnoyarsk prefer to keep money in dollars – 32%, the second and third places were taken by Kazan and Krasnodar – 29% each, the last of them displaced Moscow in the top. Residents of St. Petersburg – 15%, Krasnodar – 13%, Kazan – 12% more often keep money in euros.