MOSCOW, July 12 (RIA Novosti) - About 44% of Russians said that businessmen were doing harm to Russia, according to a poll conducted by Yuri Levada's Analytical Center.
However, 43% of the polled said that business activities were useful.
Some 25% of the respondents said that tax evasion was normal, but 62% called it deception of the state.
The poll was conducted in late June in 128 settlements of 46 Russian regions involving 1,600 respondents, with a statistical error of 4%.
