After President Putin has lifted a ban on selling trips to Turkey, the Fund “Public opinion” conducted a survey, which showed that so fast the Russians are not ready to reconcile with Turkey, in the autumn of last year declared an “enemy” of Russia.
60% of respondents believe that the government should not rush to converge with Turkish partners. Slightly less than one third of respondents – 27%) supported the policy of rapprochement with Turkey.
The President’s actions the respondents were not able to evaluate clearly. The lifting of the ban on the sale of vacation packages are 42% of respondents, and the wrong – 39% of the poll. 19% were undecided.
With regard to the intentions of the parties, 55% of Russians are sure: Turkey is increasingly interested in the restoration of cooperation with Russia. 28% think that the improvement of relations I want to both parties, and 8% think interest in this is Russia. In the future, I guess 36% of respondents, relations between Russia and Turkey will become “neighborly”. About the same (38%) believe that a serious rapprochement between Russia and Turkey will not happen. 26% of respondents were undecided.
According to FOM, in Turkey, there were 14% of the respondents, 34% have relatives or friends who went there. Half of the respondents never in Turkey did not go and do not have friends and acquaintances who have visited there. 23% of Russians would like in the coming years to visit Turkey. 74% said that they do not need.
Political analysts believe that the u-turn in Russian-Turkish relations was for citizens “too sharp”. “The past six months, information about Turkey in the Russian media was extremely negative,” said FOM President Alexander Oslon, noting that the attitude of Russians to this country may not instantly become positive only because there is a decision of the President.
Analyst Maria Lipman said: so the mood in society has changed, need long and hard to inform citizens that we have with Turkey now friendly relations. “To see a circle of enemies, long and strenuously maintained”, she explained.
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