Friday, May 11 2018 15:35

ArmInfo. More than half of Russians polled by the VTsIOM, monitor developments in Armenia; most often they are described as a "velvet revolution". These data are  contained in the materials of the VTsIOM study available to TASS.

The large-scale protests that took place in Armenia since April 13  forced the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serzh Sargsyan to resign  on April 23. The Armenian parliament at a special meeting on May 8  elected the opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan as the new head of  government.

As follows from the results of the survey, 59% of respondents are  interested in the situation in Armenia, but only 9% of them closely  follow the events in this country, while the rest (50%) - on a case  by case basis.  40% of respondents reported that they are not  interested in this topic.

In the course of the survey, its participants, who stated that they  were aware of what was happening in Armenia, were asked to briefly  describe these events. The most popular option (28%) was the  definition of them as a "velvet revolution". This is followed by  "mass excitements, protest actions related to Sargsyan's elections"  (14%), "there will be elections for a new head of state" (10%). At  the same time, 30% found it difficult to answer.

The opinion of respondents (from those who are interested in the  events in Armenia) was divided on the question of how the current  situation will affect Russian-Armenian relations: 28% believe that it  will lead to deterioration of relations, 20% - which will lead to  improvement, 27% - that does not affect bilateral relations in any  way.

A larger number (78%) of the respondents (in the group interested in  what is happening) believe that in Russia "it is more impossible" to  repeat such events. 15% think this is probably possible. At the same  time, sociologists pay attention, "this share is much higher than the  average in the group of 18-24-year-olds - 30%."