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Friday, 29.03.2024, 11:45
Russian residents consider Baltic States as unfriendly countries
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.