Poll: Majority of respondents in Armenia are convinced that Western  sanctions against Russia are negative for Armenia, but support them

ArmInfo.The majority of respondents in Armenia are convinced that Western sanctions against Russia have a negative impact on Armenia. This is evidenced by the  results of the survey: "A conventional war" conducted by the MPG  consulting company (Marketing Professional Group - the exclusive  representative of the International Association GALLUP in Armenia).

So, in response to the corresponding question, 45% of respondents  answered that they definitely affect, 35.1% - rather affect, 10.8% -  rather do not affect, 7.6% - do not affect, 1.5% - found it difficult  to answer. 

At the same time, in April last year, 53.9% of respondents believed  that they will affect, 23.7% - rather affect, 9.6% - rather do not  affect, 8.2% - do not affect, 4.7% - found it difficult to answer.  And in December last year, 44.1% of respondents believed that they  will affect, 34.1% rather affect, 11% rather do not affect, 6.5% did  not affect, 4.3% found it difficult to answer.  An interesting  picture is emerging in terms of the attitude of respondents to  sanctions against Russia from the West. 

The attitude of the respondents to the sanctions against Russia from  the West was quite interesting

The number of those who support sanctions has increased: they were  19.8% (in December last year there were 17.8%, in August 2022 - 9.5%,  in April 2022 - 8.4%), 18.6% rather support sanctions (19.9% of  respondents thought so in December, 12.8% in August 2022, 11% in  April 2022), 21% of respondents rather do not support sanctions (in  December last year there were 22.3%, 19.4% -in August 2022, 17.8%- in  April 2022 ), 36.5% of Armenian respondents do not support sanctions  (in December last year there were 31.5%,  37.8%- in August 2022 ,   55%- in April 2022 ), 45% of respondents found it difficult to answer  (in December last year there were 8.5%, 20.5% in August 2022, 7.9% in  April 2022 ).  At the same time, the majority of respondents have a  positive attitude towards resettlers - 79.3% considers Russians move  to Armenia positively, 20% - negatively, 0.8% - found it difficult to  answer. Similar data with slight fluctuations were in the past year.  At the same time, the vast majority of respondents believe that  moving and starting a business in Armenia will have a positive impact  on the Armenian economy. This opinion is shared by 80% of  respondents, 17.9% of respondents consider that  it will have a  negative impact, 2.3%- found it difficult to answer. On this issue,  the position of the Armenian respondents also did not undergo  fundamental changes and fluctuated at the level of 78-85%.  

It should be noted that the survey was conducted through telephone  calls to residents of Armenia from March 23 to March 27, 2023. The  sample size was 1100, the sampling error was +/- 3%.  In 2011, MPG  became the official representative in Armenia of the Gallup  International Association, one of the most prestigious and  independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since  2003, MPG, working in the sociological and marketing research market,  has implemented more than 800 projects of various sizes.