Reply With QuoteSo majority of Russian think that they dont have no enemies and no friends? % are very low here.
Enemies and Friends of Russians - Latest Survey.
http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/polit....d?id=42432824 (in Russian)
Enemy/unfriendly states list (according to respondents) -
41% - Georgia
35% - USA
26% - Latvia
25% - Lithuania
23% - Estonia
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Changes from last year - USA displaced Latvia from the second place.
Friends list
34% - Belarus
28% - Kazakhstan
17% - Germany
16% - China
13% - Ukraine
Sociologists have noted that over the past three months has improved the attitude of Russians to the United States and the European Union. At the same time 76% of respondents support the rapprochement between Russia and the West. 13% believe that the West should distance. 52% believe that Russia should expand ties with the Muslim world, while 21% hold the opposite opinion. As for Ukraine, 62% of respondents think that relations should be friendly, with open borders without visas and customs. 24% believed that relations with Ukraine should form the same way as with any other country. 14% believe that the two countries should join. The survey was conducted in mid-May. It was attended by residents of 130 cities in 45 regions of Russia.
So majority of Russian think that they dont have no enemies and no friends? % are very low here.
where does Norway end up? Friend or foe?
I suppose it's recognized as neutral by most of Russians.
why so much hate for those litle baltic countryes? cuz they are independent?
Because they pursue discriminatory policies towards Russian-speaking population. The only countries in Europe (and maybe in whole world) where non-native population don't have full rights by law.Originally Posted by RJMC
Yeah, lets not start exaggerating.
Sure. I have no information regarding the whole world, so I wrote "maybe"
Good news is that 76% believe in rapprochement between Russia and West! I guess AlexMartin2 belongs in those 13% of village idiots that think it would be good idea to Russia distance itself from the West .
Why the hate of Lithuania then? They don't have any policies (citizenship issues) towards their Russian-speaking population contrary to Latvia and Estonia.
I dont really know that much myself, but there are multiple cases like the Koreans in japan in 50's.Sure. I have no information regarding the whole world, so I wrote "maybe"
Also you are bit oversimplifying the situation. Im not totally sure, but doubt many of those who dont have neither russian or estonian citizenship want to be estonian. As I understand it, they can get either one quite easily being, though i agree requiring language test is wrong.
If I'm correct about your previous posts in the past, you are very critical of Russia so I can easily assume you would belong in the % of people who would vote against good ties with Russia. So I wouldn't be pointing fingers. Alex is quite moderate.
Naming case. People are too lazy/don't care who exactly did what "there". It's not Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia, but just "Baltics who worship fascists", in a nutshell.
I don't have a ball in this game but I would like to know why you think that requiring a language test is wrong? Quite many countries use it in their naturalization process and it's not like you have to be fluent to pass it, it's enough if you can get trough normal every day stuff.
A few observations.
1. Summing up the percentages of the respondents gives 150% for enemies and 108% for friends.
2. Ignoring the fishy way in which the data is presented, it still shows that Russians perceive enemies with more easy than friends (a biased mentality).
3. Except for US, all the other enemies are small counties at Russia's borders, countries that were part of USSR and that try to be independent of Russia's influence at the present. They do not pose a danger to Russia per say, they are enemies just because they don't do what Russia wants them to do (again, shows the mentality of the people who answered).
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