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Russian residents consider Baltic States as unfriendly countries

BC, Riga, 18.06.2013.Print version
Russian residents believe that Latvia is Russia's third most unfriendly country after Georgia and the United States, according to a survey carried out by the analytical center Levada, informs Inter Fax.

38% of respondents point out that the United States is unfriendly and hostile toward Russia, while 33% mention Georgia, writes LETA.

 

Russian residents believe that all Baltic States are unfriendly and hostile toward their country: Latvia – 21%, Lithuania – 17%, Estonia – 16%.

 

Meanwhile, 46% mention Belarus as the closest and most friendly country to Russia, 31% – Kazakhstan, followed by China, Ukraine and Germany.

 

Russia’s “enemies”

 

May 2005

May 2006

May 2007

May 09

May 2010

May 2011

May 2012

May 2013

USA

23

37

35

45

26

33

35

38

Georgia

38

44

46

62

57

50

41

33

Latvia

46

46

36

35

36

35

26

21

Lithuania

42

42

32

35

35

34

25

17

Estonia

32

28

60

30

28

30

23

16

Ukraine

13

27

23

41

13

20

15

11

Afganistan

12

12

11

7

14

15

8

10

United Kingdom

3

5

3

8

6

8

7

9

Poland

4

7

20

10

14

20

8

8

Japan

6

4

3

3

3

9

6

7

Irak

10

9

8

5

9

9

8

7

Iran

6

7

7

3

7

7

7

5

China

4

3

3

3

4

4

4

5

Korea (North)

1

<1

1

1

1

1

1

4

Azerbaijan

5

4

4

2

3

5

2

3

Source: levada.ru

 

1,600 people from 45 Russian regions took part in the survey.

 

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (Unity) believes that Russian residents' perception of Latvia as a hostile country towards Russia is a consequence of distorted information about Latvia by the Russian media.

As Dombrovskis told members of the press today, the results of the survey carried out in Russia is "no surprise", as similar surveys have been carried out in the past.

 

''This shows that the Russian media continues to present distorted information to the public about the processes and events taking place in Latvia,'' Dombrovskis said.






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