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02.10.2003, Population Poll

CIS and the Single Economic Space

SHOULD RUSSIA STRENGTHEN ITS TIES WITH THE CIS MEMBERS, OR NOT?



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
should	86	89	89	83	89	86	83	87	87	83	88	83	86	88	84	87	85	87	82	90	86	85	92	85	84	86	81	89	84	88	89	76	84	85	84	79	87	87
shouldn't	7	7	9	10	5	11	9	7	6	9	6	9	8	4	6	7	8	9	9	4	8	10	4	6	8	6	10	7	9	3	6	10	10	12	9	14	9	9
hard to answer	7	5	2	8	6	3	8	6	7	8	7	8	6	8	11	7	7	5	9	5	6	5	5	9	8	8	10	5	7	9	5	14	5	3	7	8	4	5

WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIS MEMBER COUNTRIES SHOULD RUSSIA STRENGTHEN ITS TIES IN THE FIRST TURN? (Up to three responses allowed per card.)



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
Belarus	57	55	63	58	57	64	56	57	58	60	54	49	62	59	52	57	58	62	53	58	62	63	54	60	49	65	64	52	57	50	50	42	74	74	74	66	75	80
Ukraine	55	58	60	54	56	62	56	55	55	56	54	49	57	58	53	52	57	60	51	58	58	60	52	56	50	63	57	51	56	49	49	43	73	71	74	67	75	76
Kazakhstan	34	32	40	36	34	40	32	37	33	36	32	24	37	39	32	29	36	44	29	37	36	40	34	34	29	33	35	28	38	35	35	25	40	41	40	28	40	55
Moldova	10	11	9	13	10	7	12	11	8	10	11	11	13	6	6	13	11	7	11	8	10	7	15	10	8	12	13	4	12	6	7	21	14	10	18	20	13	10
Georgia	6	6	6	7	6	9	8	4	6	6	6	10	6	3	4	7	6	7	8	4	6	8	8	6	3	5	6	5	6	7	9	5	9	8	9	16	7	3
Armenia	5	4	6	7	4	8	5	4	5	6	4	6	3	5	3	6	4	6	5	4	7	5	3	5	4	6	6	5	3	1	5	3	8	8	8	12	6	7
Tadjikistan	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	2	4	2	2	3	4	2	3	2	1	3	1	5	0	2	3	3	3	2	4	2	3
Azerbaidjan	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	4	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	1	0	2	4	2	1	5	4	6	7	6	3
Uzbekistan	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	5
Kirgizia	2	2	4	2	2	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	3	1	2	4
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	0
all of the above	22	22	25	20	24	21	19	26	22	19	26	22	21	25	27	21	22	18	22	25	20	15	26	21	30	16	15	32	19	26	31	27	8	7	8	6	9	8
none of the above	3	3	2	4	2	2	6	2	2	4	2	4	4	2	3	2	4	5	5	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	5	2	2	3	1	3	5	1	4	4	1
hard to answer	7	6	2	3	6	2	6	5	9	7	7	10	5	6	10	8	5	4	9	5	6	7	4	8	8	5	7	6	8	10	5	16	5	5	5	7	5	3

DO YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING, OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME TYOU HAVE HEARD THAT THE PRESIDENTS OF BELARUS, UKRAINE, KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA MET IN YALTA TO SIGN A TREATY ON THE CREATION OF THE SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACET?



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
I know	39	44	39	43	39	42	40	41	37	45	33	30	45	40	27	33	44	58	30	38	51	45	34	43	29	43	53	40	32	31	38	29	53	57	50	44	52	65
что-то I've heard about it	33	33	35	32	35	31	31	36	32	30	36	30	36	33	30	34	36	27	32	36	28	29	42	30	35	30	31	30	36	41	33	42	27	25	29	23	33	25
this is the first time I've heard about it	25	22	25	24	24	25	27	21	28	23	28	37	18	23	35	31	18	14	34	24	19	24	21	24	33	26	15	26	29	27	27	22	18	16	20	31	14	9
hard to answer	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	7	2	2	0	4	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	4	3	1	3	7	2	2	1	2	2	1

AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FACT THAT RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE AND KASAKHSTAN SIGNED A TREATY ON THE CREATION OF THE SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
positive	75	86	78	82	81	71	76	79	73	75	76	70	80	76	64	75	80	84	70	77	81	69	84	77	70	75	80	74	74	79	79	68	84	84	84	77	86	88
negative	4	3	7	4	3	8	5	3	5	6	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	6	6	2	5	9	5	3	4	4	5	2	6	1	5	3	5	6	5	7	6	3
hard to answer	20	11	15	14	16	21	19	18	22	19	21	26	16	21	32	21	17	10	24	21	14	23	11	20	27	22	15	24	20	20	17	29	11	10	12	16	8	9

WHO DO YOU THINK IS MORE INTERESTED IN THE CREATION OF THE CIS ECONOMIC SPACE: BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, RUSSIA OR UKRAINE? OR ARE THEY EQUALLY INTERESTED IN IT?



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
Belarus	18	19	22	20	15	23	17	17	20	22	15	18	20	15	11	20	18	22	20	16	20	23	14	16	19	20	16	16	19	23	15	13	24	28	21	27	26	17
Russia	14	17	19	14	14	20	14	13	15	15	13	12	15	15	10	13	16	17	14	16	12	18	14	13	13	16	11	15	15	10	14	4	15	17	13	11	16	18
Ukraine	13	14	16	13	11	18	14	10	14	14	12	14	14	11	10	13	13	17	16	10	14	23	9	11	13	13	7	11	16	19	12	9	16	18	14	19	16	11
Kazakhstan	12	15	13	10	11	15	12	11	12	14	10	12	13	9	8	10	13	17	12	10	14	18	12	10	9	14	10	8	11	23	10	3	18	20	17	19	19	16
all parties involved are equally interested in it	55	55	53	53	58	46	55	57	53	52	57	51	54	58	59	54	53	53	53	56	57	43	57	56	56	49	59	57	55	48	55	73	53	49	56	50	55	54
hard to answer	11	7	7	8	10	11	9	10	13	9	13	12	11	11	15	11	11	6	12	12	7	11	10	12	12	14	10	14	7	18	11	6	8	9	6	6	7	11

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE TREATY ON THE CREATION OF THE SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE WILL DO IT MORE GOOD, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE THINK IT WILL DO IT MORE HARDM. WHICH OF THESE TWO VIEWS IS CLOSEST TO YOUR OWN?



Groups (%)	100	20	16	20	47	12	29	31	38	47	53	31	38	31	20	33	35	13	28	37	23	12	17	39	26	26	10	13	24	5	16	5	100	46	54	32	39	29
first	67	77	70	70	71	67	69	70	63	68	65	67	69	64	54	68	71	70	65	66	74	67	70	65	66	64	60	73	66	62	75	64	73	75	72	75	67	79
second	11	10	12	12	9	12	12	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	12	9	15	11	9	11	14	13	9	10	11	16	2	14	15	10	4	14	13	15	13	17	12
hard to answer	23	13	17	18	20	21	19	21	26	20	24	22	20	25	36	20	20	15	24	24	16	20	17	26	24	25	24	26	20	22	15	33	13	13	13	13	16	9

Nation-wide surveys conducted in 100 residencies in 44 regions, territories and republics. Household interviews September 27-28 2003. A sample size of 1500 respondents. Additional polls of the Moscow population, with a sample of 600 respondents.

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