For months there have been protests against Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko and his regime. But we still know little about the current attitudes and expectations of the population. To get to the bottom of these questions, the Berlin Centre for East European and International Studies conducted one of the first major surveys since the mass protests began. In her article, principal investigator Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse presents the first results together with Dr. Félix Krawatzek.