Overwhelming majority of Armenians considers Crimea annexation to Russia positive, survey says - Mediamax.am

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Overwhelming majority of Armenians considers Crimea annexation to Russia positive, survey says


Aram Navasardyan
Aram Navasardyan

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Yerevan /Mediamax/. The overwhelming majority of Armenians considers Crimea annexation to Russian Federation positive.

The survey titled “Ukraine: Response of the Events in Armenia” conducted by Gallup International Association indicates this, Mediamax reports.

 

Answering the question on “What do you think of Crimea’s independence from Ukraine as a result of the vote?”, 26% of the surveyed said “totally positive”, 44% - “more positive than negative”, 10% -“more negative than positive”, 8%- “absolutely negative” and 12 % didn’t have an exact answer.

 

77% of the respondents positively assessed Crime’s annexation to Russian Federation while 12% had a negative response.

 

According to 73% of the surveyed, Armenia should recognize Crimea as Russia’s territory.

 

76% of the surveyed approved of Moscow’s actions on Crimea’s annexation to Russia.

 

65% of the surveyed think there are no prerequisites for Ukraine revolution in Armenia.

 

The survey was conducted upon the Gallup International Association initiative, by tête-à-tête principle. The survey was carried out across whole Armenia on April 8-18, and 1067 people took part in it.

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