Almost half
of all respondents in a recent Russian opinion poll said they feared
that the aggravation of relations between Russia and the West caused
by the ongoing crisis in Syria could develop into a global military
conflict.
The share of
those who see the probability of World War Three in the near future
as high or very high is now at 48 percent and those who appraise it
as low or very low comprise 42 percent of society, the
privately-owned public opinion research center Levada reported on
Monday. The remaining 10 percent of respondents said they couldn’t
give a simple answer to the question.
When
researchers asked citizens if they considered it possible that Russia
and the West would eventually find a mutually acceptable solution to
the crisis, 35 percent answered that this scenario was likely or very
likely. Thirty-nine percent evaluate the probability of such an
outcome as low or very low and 26 percent said that they couldn’t
answer the question.
Just over
half – 52 percent – of Russians said they approve of their
country’s involvement in the Syrian conflict and 26 percent said
they had a negative or sharply negative attitude to this. Just under
a quarter – 23 percent – couldn’t answer the question about
their personal view on the subject. Those who thought that Russia
should continue the operation and those who thought that airstrikes
should be stopped were divided 49 percent against 28 percent
respectively, with 24 percent finding the question too difficult to
answer.
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