Russia: Only 11% Favor Friendly Relations with Ukraine

How should Russia deal with the new government?

Russia’s foreign policy should be carried out on the basis only of its economic interests	41%
Russia should look at what will be the policy of the new government and only then to decide to go towards the Ukraine or not	26%
Russia should take friendly steps towards Ukraine in a number of most important questions, including price of gas	11%
Hard to answer	22%

How you do expect Ukraine’s politics to develop during the new government?

Pro-Western, anti-Russian	9%
Pro-Western course will be softened	14%
Equally balanced between the West and Russia	25%
More Pro-Russian	15%
Hard to answer	38%

Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2006. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.