Replication Data for: What do Germans of Russian and Turkish migration background think about sanctions against Russia?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has significant implications not only for foreign, defence, economic and energy policies of European democracies, but also for their societal cohesion. While the debates about sanctions against Russia are mainly structured along partisan lines, with supporters of far-left and far-right parties tending to be against harsh responses, we argue that also a specific migrant background and an ethnic identity matter for the position on this highly salient and polarizing issue. Using original survey data from Germany, we find that respondents with Russian or Turkish ethnic background are less in favour of sanctions against Russia. This finding remains robust when considering respondents’ party preferences, education level, age, religious affiliation, and their region of residence, whether in Western or Eastern Germany. The results suggest that Russia’s war against Ukraine is likely to create tensions not only between individuals with different ideological orientations but can also result in conflicts between citizens with and without a Russian or Turkish migrant background or identity.

俄罗斯入侵乌克兰不仅对欧洲民主国家的外交、国防、经济与能源政策具有重大影响，同时也对其社会凝聚力产生显著作用。尽管围绕对俄制裁的辩论主要沿党派阵线展开，极左翼与极右翼政党的支持者往往反对采取严厉制裁措施，但我们认为，特定的移民背景与族群身份，同样会影响民众在这一高度受关注且极具分裂性的议题上的立场。本研究基于德国原创调研数据展开分析，结果显示，拥有俄罗斯或土耳其族裔背景的受访者对对俄制裁的支持度更低。在控制受访者的党派倾向、受教育程度、年龄、宗教信仰以及东西德居住区域等变量后，该研究结论依然稳健。研究结果表明，俄罗斯对乌克兰发动的战争不仅可能在持有不同意识形态取向的个体之间制造紧张关系，还可能在拥有与不具备俄罗斯或土耳其移民背景或族群身份的公民之间引发冲突。