Russian poll: China is the "best friend", the United States is the "number one enemy"

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] "The Russians pointed out the best friends and hostile countries." Russia's "Viewpoint" reported on August 31 that in the context of the continuous impact of Russia in the West due to the conflict between the West, A poll conducted by Russia shows that the Russians have increased their favor to China, Belarus and India, and the proportion of citizens that regard the United States, Britain and Germany as unreasonable countries has increased.

It is reported that a polls carried out by the Russian Social Public Opinion Research Center in August of 1,600 Russian citizens showed that more than half of the Russian respondents (55%) believed that Russia's relationship with China was the most friendly, and the history of the polls was the highest. In 2019, 10 percentage points were increased. Belarus ranks second, and 49%of the respondents believe that Russia and Belarus have a strong relationship. In addition, 22%of respondents believe that India is a friendly country, and this ratio in 2019 is only 10%. According to the Background of Western sanctions against Russia, Russia and India have strengthened relations, so the Russians' favor for India is also rising rapidly. Turkey has achieved the most significant breakthrough -17%of Russians think it is a friendly country, and only 1%of Russians think so 8 years ago. Kazakhstan ranked fifth and was recognized by 13%of the respondents.

Russian Moscow Gorky Park Central entrance to the roof overlooking the city history center map source icphoto

In terms of unfriendly countries, 76%of Russian respondents believe that the United States is the most hostile country, and this number reaches the highest point of the polls. The second is Ukraine, and 43%of people hold this view. Although the Russian conflict has intensified, it has decreased compared with 53%in 2019. Another 39%of the respondents believed that Britain was a hostile country, and later in order (32%, increased by 23 percentage points since 2019), Poland (28%, 16 percentage points since 2019) and France (21%, 16 percentage points since 2019).

With the increase of China's favorability, more and more Russians are becoming interested in learning Chinese. According to a report by Russia on August 31, a survey conducted by the Russian AVITO service platform recently showed that compared with the same period last year this year, Russian students looking for Chinese tutors in Russia increased by 114%. The person in charge of the "Education and Course" area Igor Sonkov told the Russian satellite news agency: "The reason is that people's interest in Asian culture and economy is increasing day by day. Moreover, people who master Chinese have more education, The development of business and business. The development of business and cultural cooperation has attracted more people to choose to learn Chinese. "(Liu Yupeng)

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