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Discuss Data is a platform that publishes datasets on topics including public opinion, political debates, and protests in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] It has released survey data on what Ukrainians think about oligarchs, describing them as rich entrepreneurs with political clout who are both major employers and actors with a poor reputation. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] The platform also hosts a dataset on all non-combatant airspace violations in Europe during the Russo-Ukrainian war from February 2022 to May 2026, with the majority of violations occurring in Romania and Moldova. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance]
The platform provides the “Panel Study of Russian Public Opinion and Attitudes” (PROPA), which includes all five waves of public opinion survey data offering insights into public opinion in wartime Russia, covering political attitudes, trust, war-related issues, and media consumption. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] Additionally, the ‘Caucasus Barometer’ is a longitudinal survey of socioeconomic issues and political attitudes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with data available for the years 2008–2024. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] A dataset on repression against Crimean Tatars provides information on repression and human rights violations suffered by the Crimean Tatar people under Russian occupying forces in Ukraine between 2014 and 2024, containing geocoded event data. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance]
Discuss Data has created a new category for datasets dealing with ‘repression’, curated by Jan Matti Dollbaum. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] The platform also features reading recommendations, including an article on survey research during war that concludes wartime attitudes and behavior in Ukraine can be reliably measured with modern survey techniques, though there is a trade-off between coverage bias and social desirability bias. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] Another recommended article examines how Ukrainian public opinion shapes potential territorial compromises and peace strategies in the Russo-Ukrainian war. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance]
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A campaigner uses Discuss Data to access open-access datasets on public opinion, protests, and repression in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] The platform serves as a safe haven for data from these regions, allowing campaigners to find survey data on political attitudes, war-related issues, and human rights violations, such as the Crimean Tatar Repression Dataset. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance] Campaigners can also use the platform to stay informed about new research and datasets through its news updates and reading recommendations. [source: discuss-data-civil-resistance]