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TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS BELIEVE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA IMPOSED UNDER WASHINGTON'S PRESSURE
YEREVAN, December 25. / ARKA /. Twenty-seven percent of European
Union's citizens believe that sanctions against Russia were imposed
by the bloc under United States' pressure, a poll conducted by the
ICM Research, revealed Novosti-Armenia reported.
Thirty-seven percent of EU residents polled said that the European
Union and the United States had acted together when imposing
anti-Russian sanctions, while in Germany 47 percent thought that
Washington and Berlin had taken the decision jointly, according to
Sputnik news agency.
In France, 33 percent of residents argued that the United States has
influenced the bloc's decision to join the sanctions against Russia,
while only 24 percent said that the European Union had made this
decision independently.
In the United Kingdom, 17 percent did not have an opinion to the
question, while a quarter of respondents said the European Union's
decision had been affected by Washington.
The ICM Research surveyed over 3,000 people in Germany, the United
Kingdom, and France. Telephone interviews with adults, nationally
representative of the above countries, were conducted in December 2014.
Over the past few months, several rounds of sanctions have been
introduced against Russia by the European Union, the United States and
their allies over Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.
The sanctions particularly targeted defense, energy and banking
sectors of the Russian economy.
Moscow has repeatedly denied the Western accusations and said that
the sanctions run counter to the principles of international law.-0-
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YEREVAN, December 25. / ARKA /. Twenty-seven percent of European
Union's citizens believe that sanctions against Russia were imposed
by the bloc under United States' pressure, a poll conducted by the
ICM Research, revealed Novosti-Armenia reported.
Thirty-seven percent of EU residents polled said that the European
Union and the United States had acted together when imposing
anti-Russian sanctions, while in Germany 47 percent thought that
Washington and Berlin had taken the decision jointly, according to
Sputnik news agency.
In France, 33 percent of residents argued that the United States has
influenced the bloc's decision to join the sanctions against Russia,
while only 24 percent said that the European Union had made this
decision independently.
In the United Kingdom, 17 percent did not have an opinion to the
question, while a quarter of respondents said the European Union's
decision had been affected by Washington.
The ICM Research surveyed over 3,000 people in Germany, the United
Kingdom, and France. Telephone interviews with adults, nationally
representative of the above countries, were conducted in December 2014.
Over the past few months, several rounds of sanctions have been
introduced against Russia by the European Union, the United States and
their allies over Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.
The sanctions particularly targeted defense, energy and banking
sectors of the Russian economy.
Moscow has repeatedly denied the Western accusations and said that
the sanctions run counter to the principles of international law.-0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/twenty_seven_percent_of_european_union_citizens_be lieve_sanctions_against_russia_imposed_under_washi/#sthash.FbsmeQZT.dpuf