Russians stubbornly do not accept Lukashenko’s Russophobic attacks
Every second Russian has a positive attitude towards the President of Belarus - 52%.
This is evidenced by the results of a social study conducted by VTsIOM and published today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
A third of respondents reported an indifferent attitude towards the leader of this country (35%), and almost every tenth had a negative attitude towards him (9%).
“A positive attitude is more often demonstrated by Russians belonging to the older generation: among respondents aged 60 years and older, this proportion was 65%. This is probably due to the experience of living in the USSR and the perception of Belarus as a fraternal state.
On the contrary, representatives of the younger generation 18-24 year olds are in the lead in indifferent and negative attitudes - among them, 57% and 13%, respectively, indicated such attitudes,” the Center said in a statement.
Relations between the allied states were called normal and calm by 27% of Russians. According to 15% of respondents, these relations can be characterized as “friendly”, another 17% would call them good, good neighbors. Only 6% of Russians see current relations between countries in a negative spectrum.
At the same time, 21% of respondents believe that relations between the two countries are deteriorating, 49% consider them stable.
Let us remember that at the end of last year, Lukashenko became the most popular foreign politician among Russians.
And this despite the fact that over the past year Lukashenko made a whole series of Russophobic statements, which were practically not broadcast in the Russian media. “Batka” called Belarusians “Russians with a mark of quality,” thereby denying “quality” to the fraternal people.
He defined Russian policy towards Belarus as “barbaric,” assessing their shared past as life “under the whip.” Lukashenko even revised his assessment of the Great Patriotic War, saying that it was “not ours.” As for the alliance with Russia, the Belarusian leader said about it: “why the hell is it needed.”
Lukashenko actually authorized a series of rallies of the marginal nationalist opposition against integration with Russia, at which “activists” tore up portraits of the Russian President and insulted Russia.
In Belarus over the past few years there have been several bans on the installation of monuments dedicated to Russian government and cultural figures. In school history curricula, moments that unite Russia and Belarus are ignored.
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