Poll: fifty percent of Russian citizens are willing to accept the punishment for foreign policy
To endure the inconvenience caused by the introduction of penalties, for the continuation of the Russian foreign policy is ready 51% of Russian citizens, demonstrate the research results of the all-Russian center for the study of the opinions of a large number of citizens (VTSIOM). To accept certain economic losses for the continuation of the foreign policy course of Ukraine is ready every second Russian(51%). Not willing to Endure the hardships and inconveniences of 37%, is notified on the Internet office of the polls. A year after the introduction of the first batch of Western sanctions regarding Russia negative implications for the stress state around fifty percent of the Residents (47%) ? three times more than in the last month of summer 2014 (15%). About the improvement of the situation says 21% of respondents, 22% do Not see any significant changes in the state in connection with the sanctions measures of the West. Thus, despite the impact of sanctions, More than 2 thirds of Russian citizens (69%) believe the faithful that the Russian Federation supported the militia of Donbass. Opposite opinion is shared by 17% of the respondents. While 56% do Not find it possible to refuse to help the DNR and LNR for the lifting of restrictions imposed by a number of foreign countries. The initiative all-Russia opinion poll was conducted on September 5-6, 2015. Pollsters interviewed 1, 6 thousand People in 132 villages in 46 regions of Russia. On Wednesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the sanctions list Ukraine against Russia includes More than 400 physical and 90 legal entities. Remember, on 19 June, the EU Council extended the punishment relative to the Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2016. And on 22 June, the Council extended the punishment against Russia for another six months ? until January 31. When this punishment was supported by the EU candidates ? Montenegro and Albania, as well As Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Moreover, sanctions have joined and Ukraine. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that Moscow is disappointed by the decision of Brussels. The Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, said the signing of the decree on the extension of protective measures from 6 August 2015, And the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia issued a decree on the renewal of countermeasures relative to the countries that supported anti-Russian punishment.