Belarus: Majority Now Want to Join Mega Russia

If a referendum on Russia-Belarus unification took place today, how would you vote?

	Dec. 2008	Sept. 2007
For unification	46.3%	33.8%
Against unification	35.3%	47.4%
Wouldn’t vote	9.7%	11.0%
Not sure	8.2%	7.8%

Source: Independent Institute for Social, Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS)
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,522 Belarusian adults, conducted from Dec. 2 to Dec. 12, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Belarus: People Against Using Russian Rouble

Do you agree with the Russian rouble becoming the unified currency in the union of Belarus and Russia and that it should be issued by Russia alone?

Yes	23.0%
No	66.7%
Not sure	10.3%

Source: Independent Institute for Social, Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS)
Methodology: Interviews with 1,021 Belarusian adults, conducted from Jun. 2 to Jun. 12, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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What do the Former Soviet Republics Think of the Future?

Do you think you and your family will have a better or worse life in the future?

	Better	No change	Worse	Hard to say
Kyrgyzstan	52%	36%	9%	3%
Kazakhstan	50%	36%	3%	11%
Armenia	47%	39%	12%	2%
Azerbaijan	36%	32%	14%	18%
Russia	29%	46%	12%	13%
Belarus	28%	45%	9%	18%
Ukraine	17%	40%	19%	24%

Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,023 Armenian adults, 1,203 Azeri adults, 1,108 Belarusian adults, 1,034 Kazakh adults, 1,200 Kyrgyz adults, 1,588 Russian adults, and 2,123 Ukrainian adults, conducted in April and May 2007. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

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Russia: A Desire to Annex Belarus

If Russia held a referendum to join Russia and Belarus into a single state, would you vote in favour or against the merger?

In favour	64%
Against	17%
Would not vote	7%
Hard to answer	12%

Source: Yury Levada Analytical Center
Methodology: Interviews to 1,600 Russian adults, conducted from Jan. 19 to Jan. 23, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

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