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PUBLIC OPINION POLL: 76% OF RUSSIANS SAY EUROMAIDAN CANNOT OCCUR IN RUSSIA
(c) Sputnik/ Andrey Stenin
Russia
13:39 13.03.2015(updated 15:25 13.03.2015)
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Polling conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center
(Vtsiom), post-Soviet Russia's oldest polling institution, has found
that 94 percent of Russians would not like to see a Euromaidan-like
scenario in Russia, and 76 percent are confident that such a revolt is
"not possible in principle."
(c) Sputnik/ Sergey Averin Almost Third of Ukrainians Ready to Leave
Country - Poll Respondents from across Russia's regions in both cities
and rural areas are unified in their opposition to Euromaidan, with
nearly 19 in 20 saying that they would not like to see a repeat of
the scenario in Russia, with two percent saying the opposite and four
percent finding it difficult to answer. Meanwhile, 76 percent noted
that a Euromaidan-like color revolution is "not possible in principle"
in Russia with 15 percent saying the opposite and nine percent finding
it difficult to answer.
This leaves opinion virtually unchanged from a poll conducted a year
ago, in February 2014, when 75 percent of respondents gave the view
that a Maidan scenario in Russia would be impossible; 15 percent said
that it was, and 10 percent found it difficult to answer.
Valeri Fedorov, Vtsiom's General Director, noted that Russians are
in principle fearful of revolutions, given the country's turbulent
history, adding that they are particularly fearful of the Ukrainian
scenario: "People seem to realize that these revolutions result not
only in confusion and chaos, but also in serious negative consequences
for Russia...An 'Orange Revolution' took place as far back as 2004
[in Ukraine]. Last year, Russians had the most negative expectations
[toward a repeat in 2014]. They expected an economic downturn, policy
reversals, a socioeconomic crisis, etc. These were the expectations,
and now a year has passed, and it turned out that everything is even
worse than expected, plus a war has started. Therefore, Russians have
only become more entrenched in their positions."
(c) REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich Over Half Americans Against Arming Ukraine
- Poll Polling was carrying out late last month; 1,600 people in 132
locations across Russia were asked the questions "Would you personally
like to see events analogous to the Ukrainian Euromaidan revolution?"
and "Do you think that large scale political protests analogous to
those which occurred in the 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine are possible
in Russia?" The margin of error is estimated at 3.5 percent.
Earlier this week, polling conducted by the Public Opinion Fund
found that 60 percent of Russians hope for improved relations with
Ukraine in the near future, with seven percent saying that this will
be possible only in the long term; ten percent found it hard to answer.
Meanwhile, 64 percent believe that Ukraine will not be able to join
the European Union, and 20 percent said the opposite; 59 percent
believe that Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, and 22 percent
said the opposite.
(c) Sputnik/ Vitaly Belousov Around 40,000 Muscovites March Against
2014 Deadly Ukraine Uprising In November 2013, following the
announcement by Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov that the
planned-for signing of an Association Agreement with the European
Union had been put off, supporters of European integration occupied
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev's central square. Maidan would go on to
become the epicenter of protests against the presidency of Viktor
Yanukovich, with clashes occurring between protestors and police
and instability spreading throughout the rest of the country. In
late February, Yanukovich was forced to abandon the presidency in
an unconstitutional maneuver which has since been described as a
coup d'etat by pro-European integrationist forces. In May 2014,
billionaire Petro Poroshenko won snap elections and became the new
president of Ukraine.
Read more:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150313/1019438353.html#ixzz3UGk4CSmf
From: A. Papazian
(c) Sputnik/ Andrey Stenin
Russia
13:39 13.03.2015(updated 15:25 13.03.2015)
41110
Polling conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center
(Vtsiom), post-Soviet Russia's oldest polling institution, has found
that 94 percent of Russians would not like to see a Euromaidan-like
scenario in Russia, and 76 percent are confident that such a revolt is
"not possible in principle."
(c) Sputnik/ Sergey Averin Almost Third of Ukrainians Ready to Leave
Country - Poll Respondents from across Russia's regions in both cities
and rural areas are unified in their opposition to Euromaidan, with
nearly 19 in 20 saying that they would not like to see a repeat of
the scenario in Russia, with two percent saying the opposite and four
percent finding it difficult to answer. Meanwhile, 76 percent noted
that a Euromaidan-like color revolution is "not possible in principle"
in Russia with 15 percent saying the opposite and nine percent finding
it difficult to answer.
This leaves opinion virtually unchanged from a poll conducted a year
ago, in February 2014, when 75 percent of respondents gave the view
that a Maidan scenario in Russia would be impossible; 15 percent said
that it was, and 10 percent found it difficult to answer.
Valeri Fedorov, Vtsiom's General Director, noted that Russians are
in principle fearful of revolutions, given the country's turbulent
history, adding that they are particularly fearful of the Ukrainian
scenario: "People seem to realize that these revolutions result not
only in confusion and chaos, but also in serious negative consequences
for Russia...An 'Orange Revolution' took place as far back as 2004
[in Ukraine]. Last year, Russians had the most negative expectations
[toward a repeat in 2014]. They expected an economic downturn, policy
reversals, a socioeconomic crisis, etc. These were the expectations,
and now a year has passed, and it turned out that everything is even
worse than expected, plus a war has started. Therefore, Russians have
only become more entrenched in their positions."
(c) REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich Over Half Americans Against Arming Ukraine
- Poll Polling was carrying out late last month; 1,600 people in 132
locations across Russia were asked the questions "Would you personally
like to see events analogous to the Ukrainian Euromaidan revolution?"
and "Do you think that large scale political protests analogous to
those which occurred in the 2014 Euromaidan in Ukraine are possible
in Russia?" The margin of error is estimated at 3.5 percent.
Earlier this week, polling conducted by the Public Opinion Fund
found that 60 percent of Russians hope for improved relations with
Ukraine in the near future, with seven percent saying that this will
be possible only in the long term; ten percent found it hard to answer.
Meanwhile, 64 percent believe that Ukraine will not be able to join
the European Union, and 20 percent said the opposite; 59 percent
believe that Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, and 22 percent
said the opposite.
(c) Sputnik/ Vitaly Belousov Around 40,000 Muscovites March Against
2014 Deadly Ukraine Uprising In November 2013, following the
announcement by Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov that the
planned-for signing of an Association Agreement with the European
Union had been put off, supporters of European integration occupied
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev's central square. Maidan would go on to
become the epicenter of protests against the presidency of Viktor
Yanukovich, with clashes occurring between protestors and police
and instability spreading throughout the rest of the country. In
late February, Yanukovich was forced to abandon the presidency in
an unconstitutional maneuver which has since been described as a
coup d'etat by pro-European integrationist forces. In May 2014,
billionaire Petro Poroshenko won snap elections and became the new
president of Ukraine.
Read more:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150313/1019438353.html#ixzz3UGk4CSmf
From: A. Papazian