Poll: majority of respondents in Armenia are against severance of  Armenian-Russian relations

ArmInfo. More than half of respondents in Armenia believe that the severance of Armenian-Russian  relations is not in the interests of the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian people. This is evidenced by the results of the "French Kiss" survey of the MPG consulting company.

So, when asked to clarify whether the severance of Armenian-Russian  relations is in the interests of Armenia and the Armenian people,  taking into account the statement of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  about freezing the country's membership in the CSTO, which will lead  the severance of the entire complex of Russian-Armenian relations,  42% of respondents said it is absolutely not in our interests, 16.1%  - rather, it is not in our interests, 23.2% - expressed the belief  that it definitely is in our interests, another 13.9% - rather it is  in our interests. 4.8% of respondents found it difficult to answer.

When asked whether Armenia should remain in the CSTO or join NATO,  40.2% of respondents said that the country should maintain neutrality  and not be in any military bloc, 28% believed that it should remain  in the CSTO, 22.5% were in favor of to strive for NATO membership,  another 9.2% found it difficult to answer.

When asked whether the price would be acceptable if the EU, as a  condition for starting visa liberalization, demands withdrawal from  the CSTO and the EAEU, 23.5% considered such a price to be definitely  acceptable, 19% - rather acceptable, 15% - rather unacceptable, 32.9%  - definitely unacceptable.  The survey was conducted through  telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia in the period  from February 26 to February 28 of this year, the sample size was  1100, the sampling error was +/- 3%.  In 2011, MPG became the  official representative in Armenia of the International Gallup  Association, 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.