Russia continues to lose its position as friendly state for Armenia -  poll 

ArmInfo. Russia continues to lose its position as a friendly state for Armenia. From 86% it dropped to 29.7%, according to a poll conducted by MPG "AntiPuzzle".

When asked to indicate which of the listed countries are friendly to  Armenia (whose support can be counted on in difficult times) and  which are unfriendly (relations with which are conflictual and  threaten our country), the overwhelming majority named France as the  most friendly, and Azerbaijan as unfriendly.

The countries were arranged according to the following chronology:  78.1% of respondents called France friendly, 12.2% neutral, 8.8%  unfriendly, another 0.9% found it difficult to answer.

India was in second place in terms of friendliness - 68.5% think so,  21.2% called it neutral, 9.4% called it unfriendly, 0.9% found it  difficult to answer.

Iran is considered friendly by 57.8% of respondents, 27.% - neutral,  13.4% - unfriendly, another 1.4% - found it difficult to answer. The  United States was called a country friendly for Armenia by 41% of  respondents, 37.1% - neutral, 19.8% - unfriendly, 2.1% - found it  difficult to answer.

China also entered the top 5 friendly countries with a score of 35%,  46.4% called it neutral towards Armenia, 16.5% called it unfriendly,  2.1% found it difficult to answer. 34% of respondents in Armenia  consider Georgia friendly, 41.9% called it neutral, 23.7% called it  unfriendly, 0.5% found it difficult to answer.

Germany is considered friendly by 32.4%, neutral by 44.2%, unfriendly  by 22.1%, and 2.3% found it difficult to answer.

Only 29.7% of respondents in the Republic of Armenia consider Russia  friendly, 26.2% - neutral, 43% - unfriendly, 1.1% found it difficult  to answer.

Great Britain is considered friendly in Armenia by 17% of  respondents, neutral by 43%, unfriendly by 36.2%, and another 3.8%  found it difficult to answer.

Kazakhstan is considered friendly by 13% of respondents, 46.5% -  neutral, unfriendly - 36.1%, another 4.5% found it difficult to  answer.

Another 12.7% of respondents consider Ukraine friendly, 34.9% -  neutral, 51.1% - unfriendly, 1.3% - found it difficult to answer.

At the same time, 93.2% of respondents called Turkey unfriendly for  Armenia, 5.8% called it neutral, another 0.8% called it friendly,  0.2% found it difficult to answer. According to respondents, the most  unfriendly is Azerbaijan. 98.5% of respondents think so, 1.1% -  neutral, 0.3% - friendly, 0.1% - found it difficult to answer.

According to the graph from 2015, Russia, which was then considered  friendly by 86% of Armenian respondents, by 2024 had slipped to  29.7%.

Over the past 9 years, France and India have radically improved their  performance. France grew from 30% to 78.1%, and India from 2% to  68.5%.

The survey also included a question about political prisoners in  Armenia. In response to the corresponding question, 54% of  respondents stated that there are prisoners of conscience in the  country. When asked to name someone, 47.5% named the name of RPA  deputy chairman Armen Ashotyan, 26.1% - the elected mayor of Vanadzor  Mamikon Aslanyan, another 12.1% - activist Narke Samsonyan. It is  noteworthy that more than 34% found it difficult to answer this  question.

It should be noted that the survey was conducted through telephone  calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia from March 27 to March  29 of this year, the sample size was 1101, 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.