May 17, 2005 - 11:15 AMT
ARMENIA AMONG 10 RUSSIA-FRIENDLY COUNTRIES
Bashkirov and Partners Russian company has held a survey of 1500 Russians to find out which countries Russians consider «friendly» and which «do not have a friendly attitude towards Russia.» 36.6% of the respondents called Belarus Russia's number 1 friend. The second and third places were occupied by Germany - 19.6% and Ukraine - 15.8%. The top ten includes France - 11.3%, China - 9.5%, UK - 7.5%, US - 7.3%, Armenia - 4.5%, Italy - 4.3% and Kazakhstan - 3.5%. Meanwhile, according to the returns of the survey, there are countries that are named in both categories. Thus, the list of countries that «do not have a friendly attitude towards Russia» includes the US - 33.5%, Latvia - 19.5%, Georgia -16.1% and Lithuania -14.9%, Afghanistan - 9.3%, Estonia and Iraq - 9% each, Ukraine - 8% and China - 5.5%. 14.1% of the respondents consider that Russia does not have friends among other countries at all, while 6.5% suppose Russia has no foes.