What Do Russians Really Think of the USA?

Some fresh sociological data. It’s for a start.

In September of the current year The Analitical center of Jury Levada (Russian Federation) published the results of Gallup poll, which was conducted in parallel with the survey of WorldPublicOpinion.org and Knowledge Networks Company. Here is cited «Russian» part of the poll as I believe American opinions of RF are clearer to the world.

For the most part Russians evaluate the US-foreign policy low. 61% of Russia inhabitants regard in general the USA have a negative impact on the world (25%, in the opposite, consider the American influence as a positive one). 74% of Russians believe that the usage of military forces or the threat of such forces application by the USA influence in a bad way on the world (an opposite point of view is supported by 22%). 56% of respondents are sure that the US foreign policy as applied to Russian Federation damaged Russia and its interests (22% think in a different way).

In their turn, Russian citizens tend to evaluate positively the actions of their motherland. 80% of respondents consider Russian impact to the geopolitical environment as wholesome. 65% support the contemporary strategy of military forces application or of their application threat.

The US political regime is estimated positively by 45% of Russians and 9% of respondents give the top-mark to it. Russian government provokes much stronger aversion. It is honoured with the top-mark of 5% only and with positive marks of 42%.

The analogous situation is observed in perception of economical systems of Russia and the USA. An American one seems more preferable. 27% of Russians evaluate it very high, good mark is given to it by a half of respondents. Russian economy has much worse rating. 3% of natives state the worst value of it, 28% think it’s good.

In their preferences for both Presidents – George Bush and Vladimir Putin – Russian citizens discover following opinions. Bush causes good feelings of 25%, Putin – of 84% of Russians. The American President repel 20% of Russian Federation’s inhabitants. Putin causes the same feelings of 2% only.

The poll’s authors also asked to estimate the level of the US and RF democracy (10 is a top mark, 0 is the lowest one). The first one received 6.66, the second one – 4.56.

Within the bounds of the present survey Russian respondents also uttered their opinions of China and Iran. Particularly, most of Russians (57%) think China has a constructive impact on the world (20% believe that it’s negative). But the interviewed people estimated the state of China democracy as quite low.

The poll shows that most Russians agree with the fact that Iran tries to make the nuclear weapons and 63% are alarmed with it. However just only 25% support the idea of economical restrictions application and overwhelming majority of respondents thinks diplomatic means are required for stopping Iran. And most of Russians (79%) dispute Iran nuclear objects bombing.

Well, how do you like it? Russian and American people have the common ground, don’t they?

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