MPG Poll: Majority of Armenians believe that the Ukrainian conflict  is, in fact, a conflict between the United States and Russia

ArmInfo. The majority of the Armenian public finds it difficult to express its position on the need to recognize the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LPR and  DPR).  

This is evidenced by the results of a survey by the MPG  consulting company, which presents an Armenian view of the  Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In particular, when asked whether Armenia  should recognize the independence of the LPR and DPR, 27.6% of  respondents found it difficult to answer. 24.2% voted for the  "definitely yes" option, 20.1%- "rather yes", 18.6% voted "against"  the recognition of the LPR and DPR, and only 9.6% "rather disagree".

However, with regards to Russia's recognition of the independence of  the unrecognized people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, in  general, 65.3% approved such actions by the Russian Federation. In  particular, 34.1% of respondents consider this a positive step, 31.1%  - rather positive. 7.7% of respondents unequivocally negatively  perceived this fact, 4.8% - "rather negatively", and 22.2% found it  difficult to answer.

When asked whether you consider Russia's military actions in Ukraine  justified, 27% of the respondents answered unequivocally "yes",  18.8%- rather "yes", 24.7% categorically against, 14.9% were rather  against, and 14.7% -found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, the majority (53.5%) of respondents believe that  the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will end with the defeat of Ukraine,  2.4% believe that Russia will be defeated, 27.8% believe that there  will be no winners at all, and 16.3% found it difficult answer. The  survey also showed that the majority of respondents (64.8%) believe  that the Ukrainian conflict is, in fact, a conflict between the  United States and Russia, the percentage of those who disagree with  this thesis was 16.6%, 15.1% found it difficult to answer.

When asked whether the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will lead to global  changes in the world, 42% of citizens answered unequivocally "yes",  34.3% - "rather yes", 7.8% - "rather no",  7.2 % of respondents do  not support such a  thought. 8.7% found it difficult to answer.

According to the study, 55% of respondents expressed a negative  position in connection with Western sanctions against Russia, 17.8% -  rather negatively, 8.4% - positively, -11%- rather positively, 7.9% -  found it difficult to answer.   Do the sanctions against Russia affect Armenia, 53.9% of respondents  answered unequivocally "yes", 23.7%-"rather yes", 9.6%-  "rather no",  8.2% believe that they do not affect at all and 4.7 % - found it  difficult to answer.  

However, in general, respondents do not see the risks of nuclear war  as of today. In particular, 19.5% believe that there are definitely  no such risks, 31.2% "rather not." 17.1% of respondents admit such a  possibility, 24.5% consider it "rather likely". 

At the same time, according to the survey, the Armenian public is  quite positive about the departures of Russian citizens to Armenia,  in particular, 47.8% positively assess this fact, 38.8% - rather  positively, 5.2% - rather negatively, 6.6% - completely negative, and  1.6% found it difficult to answer.  

At the same time, the majority of respondents are of the opinion that  the relocation of Russian business to Armenia will have a positive  impact on the Armenian economy, in general, 85.2% agreed with this  statement, of which 52.4% are definitely sure, 32.8% are rather sure,  5. 5% - rather no, definitely not - 4.9%, found it difficult to  answer - 4.4%.  

It should be noted that the survey was conducted through  telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia during the  period from April 2 to April 6 of this year, the sample size was  1002, the sampling error was +/- 3%.  In 2011, MPG became the  official representative of the Gallup International Association in  Armenia, one of the most prestigious and independent public opinion  research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG, working in the  market of sociological and marketing research, has implemented more  than 800 projects of various sizes.