According to social polls conducted by Levada Center on January 23-26, 2015, 11% of 1600 people questioned in 46 regions of Russia are positive towards the U.S. (compared with 41% in January 2014). The number of people negative towards the U.S. is 42% (36% in 2014), very negative 39% (8%), making a total of 81%. 2% regard Russian-U.S. contacts as normal (31%), 13% as cold (40%), 37% as tense (13%), 42% as hostile (4%).
18% are positive towards the EU (50%), 43% are negative (30%), 28% are very negative (4%). This makes a total of 71% of people negative towards the EU. 5% consider Russian-EU contacts normal (36%), 21% consider cold (34%), 41% consider tense (9%), 24% consider hostile (9%).
20% are positive towards the Ukraine (60%), 36% are negative (22%), 28% are very negative (4%). This makes a total of 71% of people negative towards the EU. 1% consider Russian-EU relations neighbourly (10%), 2% consider cold (26%), 33% consider tense (21%), 48% consider hostile (2%).
Levada Center Director Lev Gudkov called Russian mass media the main source of such change of attitude among the population. He said that Russian media are flooded with information about hostility of the West towards Russia, provocations in Ukraine, military and geopolitical threats from the West, attempts to destroy the country. Gudkov noted that a similar situation had been seen during NATO bombings on Serbia in 1999, the war against Hussein’s regime in 2003, during the Russian-Georgian war in 2008. The official assured that turning the TV off for 2-3 months would change things back to normal because positive sentiment towards the EU dominates.
According to social polls conducted by Levada Center on January 23-26, 2015, 11% of 1600 people questioned in 46 regions of Russia are positive towards the U.S. (compared with 41% in January 2014). The number of people negative towards the U.S. is 42% (36% in 2014), very negative 39% (8%), making a total of 81%. 2% regard Russian-U.S. contacts as normal (31%), 13% as cold (40%), 37% as tense (13%), 42% as hostile (4%).18% are positive towards the EU (50%), 43% are negative (30%), 28% are very negative (4%). This makes a total of 71% of people negative towards the EU. 5% consider Russian-EU contacts normal (36%), 21% consider cold (34%), 41% consider tense (9%), 24% consider hostile (9%).20% are positive towards the Ukraine (60%), 36% are negative (22%), 28% are very negative (4%). This makes a total of 71% of people negative towards the EU. 1% consider Russian-EU relations neighbourly (10%), 2% consider cold (26%), 33% consider tense (21%), 48% consider hostile (2%).Levada Center Director Lev Gudkov called Russian mass media the main source of such change of attitude among the population. He said that Russian media are flooded with information about hostility of the West towards Russia, provocations in Ukraine, military and geopolitical threats from the West, attempts to destroy the country. Gudkov noted that a similar situation had been seen during NATO bombings on Serbia in 1999, the war against Hussein’s regime in 2003, during the Russian-Georgian war in 2008. The official assured that turning the TV off for 2-3 months would change things back to normal because positive sentiment towards the EU domina
