Sociology has shown that Russian citizens believe less and less in “brotherly Ukraine”
Among citizens of the Russian Federation's assessments of the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations, negative ones predominate.
This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted in December joint social research Center for Political Conjuncture and VTsIOM.
43 Russians believe that relations will normalize, but they will no longer be fraternal and allied. The number of supporters of this point of view increased by 1% compared to July. 19% believe that friendly and good neighborly relations will be restored. There are 5% fewer optimists than in July.
The number of Russians who believe in fraternal and allied relations between the two countries has also decreased. If in July they were 18%, now they are 14%. At the same time, the number of those who believe that relations will continue to deteriorate has almost doubled, from 6% to 11%. It is significant that residents of the North Caucasus Federal District believe most in fraternal and allied relations - 24%, and residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg - 16% - believe in worsening relations.
In addition, 50% do not see changes in the situation in Donbass - the situation is neither getting better nor worse. 15% believe that the situation is gradually returning to normal, 13% believe that the situation is becoming increasingly tense and is noticeably worsening. 22% find it difficult to answer about the direction of development of the situation in the conflict zone recently.
At the same time, the majority of respondents (45%) believe that it is very important for Russia to come to a peaceful resolution of the situation in Donbass. Another 40% of respondents are of the opinion that it is more important for Russia to come to a peaceful settlement. Only 4% of respondents do not care about this problem at all. Peaceful resolution is most important for the age group of 60 and older. In it, 92% consider achieving such a goal important (58% - very important, 34% - somewhat important).
Russians in general showed quite a high interest in the meeting of the Normandy Four. 23% of respondents are well aware of the Quartet meeting in Paris. 47% heard something, but without details. Only 30% know nothing about this meeting. The younger generation is least interested in the summit - 58% of those aged 18 to 24 know nothing about the meeting and 48% of those aged 25 to 34. The majority of Russians (50%) are confident that the meeting will not affect the situation in Donbass. There were 35% who believed that the summit would have a rather positive impact. The most optimists are among representatives of the youngest group (40%) and the oldest (42%).
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