15 percent of Russians in favor of uniting Russia and Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian citizens do not want to unite with any foreign state in unions or commonwealths, and less of all they would like to be in a union with Azerbaijan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan, Georgia and Turkey. These are the results of the social survey conducted by the Russian Center of Public Opinion Survey.



According to the poll conducted in May 2007, 36 percent of respondents want to live only in Russia, 18 percent are in favor of a union with participation of Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. 17 percent of those surveyed wished to live in united USSR. Meanwhile only 13 percent of respondents expressed in favor of appearing in the EU, while only 9 percent wanted to integrate in the framework of CIS.



To the request to indicate the number of states that Russia should join with, 42 percent of respondents named Byelorussia, 36 percent -Ukraine, 30 percent -Kazakhstan. Popularity of other states and organizations is rather low. Only 17 percent of Russians wanted to appear in the EU, to join with Armenia -15 percent, with Moldova and Uzbekistan-14 percent, Azerbaijan and Kirgizia-13, Tajikistan -12, Georgia -11, Turkey -only 4 percent, RBK reports.