Russians also included Lithuania and Latvia in their
list of top foes in a poll.
Russians believe their main enemies in the world are the U.S., Ukraine
and Turkey, and 62 percent have a poor opinion of the EU,
according to a Levada Center poll that measures sentiments towards other countries.
Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, India and Armenia are Russia’s five best
friends in the world, according to the poll.
Russians also included Lithuania and Latvia in their
list of top foes in a poll.
Russians believe their main enemies in the world are the U.S., Ukraine
and Turkey, and 62 percent have a poor opinion of the EU,
according to a Levada Center poll that measures sentiments towards other countries.
Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, India and Armenia are Russia’s five best
friends in the world, according to the poll.
The countries Russians were most hostile towards, according to a Levada Center poll.
SOURCE: The Levada Center, 2016
The majority of those polled said they would either probably or definitely
oppose Russia joining the EU, and 65 percent said they wouldn’t be
concerned if the EU fell apart as a result of the refugee crisis.
While many believed Russia’s relationship with the EU hadn’t changed
recently (47 percent), 28 percent were convinced relations were
getting worse.
Russians were most hostile towards the United States, with 72 percent
picking America as a top-five enemy. Ukraine came second, with 48 percent of
those polled believing the country to be a foe.
The Russian public believes they have good relations with the following nations, according to the poll.
SOURCE: The Levada Center, 2016
Turkey shot up to the third place, with 29 percent of respondents including
it among their top five, up from just 1 percent last year. The result is likely
due to Turkey’s downing of a Russian war plane
in November, the study’s authors told Russian
newspaper Vedomosti.
Poland (24 percent), Latvia (23 percent) and Lithuania (23 percent) rounded
out Russia’s top five enemies.
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