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Survey: Russian attitude towards NATO
December 12, 2002
RFE/RL Russia

Written by Robert Coalson
Posted by HW on March 29, 2024

Closer coopeartion
A majority of Russians continue to believe that Russia should cooperate more closely with NATO, polit.ru reported, citing a national poll by the Public Opinion Foundation.

According to the poll, 56 percent of respondents support closer relations, while 23 percent oppose them. In May, these figures were 62 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
In June 1999, 45 percent supported closer ties, while 32 percent opposed them.

Russian membership
The latest survey also found that 35 percent of respondents favor Russian membership in the trans-Atlantic alliance, while 41 percent oppose it.

Agressive bloc
Nonetheless, 48 percent of Russians view NATO as "an aggressive military bloc" and just 26 percent see it as "a defensive military bloc." These figures are virtually identical to the results of similar survey conducted in September 2001.

Baltic states
Sixty-nine percent of respondents in the latest poll expressed opposition to the entry into NATO of the Baltic states.

The survey found the strongest distrust of NATO among the elderly and the middle-aged. Among those under age 35, 35 percent oppose the entry into NATO of the Baltic states and 39 percent view the alliance as an "aggressive military bloc."
 
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