Most domestic residents believe that Russia should avoid criticism of the European States. Additionally, the population believes that the Western powers are aggressive.

The majority of Russian citizens who participated in sociological sampling has argued that in the long run, Russia is obliged to consolidate relations with China. This position was supported by 47% of respondents. With all that 57% of the natives are convinced that Russia should not pay attention to criticism from Western countries.

With all this, Russia should not pay attention to criticism from Western countries.

With all this, the people of Russia to justify a similar position that Europe unfriendly belong to the Russian Federation, and specifically in consequence of this criticism is hostile and often not justified. This opinion is shared by 43%, and 40% of respondents believe that the Western perception of the Russian Federation as a rival, and critics eager to weaken.

Almost unanimously the majority of respondents - 87 percent - felt that the West in varying degrees, leads against the RF unfriendly policy. With all this, 46% of them rejecting it because the West wants to take over our natural resources, 43% believe that the West is afraid of Russia, informs "Levada-Center".

Together with this, the people of Russia do not seek to maintain relations with Western countries and are confident that Russia should take a reference to cooperation with China. In addition, only 12% want to develop long-term relations with CIS countries. It is not difficult to guess that this is due to the fact that China perceived Russia as a counterbalance to the West, and if earlier people were afraid of him and knew that in the future economy of the States would be disproportionate, in the moment, things changed radically.
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