Russia No. 1 in Anti-Americanism?

[peacetraveler22]

Today The Moscow Times published an interesting article entitled Why Russia Is No. 1 in Anti-Americanism. The article summarizes the results of a recent Gallup International poll where approximately 70,000 residents in 65 countries were asked "Who is the greatest threat to world peace?" 24% of worldwide respondents answered "America", but Russia exceeded the global response by more than double, with 54% of Russians choosing America.

Conversely, only 2% of Americans in the Gallup poll think Russia is a threat to global peace. I've mentioned before that Russia doesn't dominate American news, nor do most Americans spend any time thinking about the country at all. A rare exception recently due to the Olympic Games being held in the country. I don't know how powerful state controlled propaganda is in Russia because my knowledge of the language isn't proficient enough to watch these broadcasts. Honestly, a lot of faith and reliance should not be placed on such polls because they are always skewed in some manner. Russian bloggers like fritzmorgen, a master at statistics and anti-Western data, could probably search the Internet and find polls which say the opposite - that Americans don't trust Russia, etc. The article also indicates that another Gallup poll asked Russians the following question: "If there were no barriers to living in any country in the world, which country would you live in?" The number one answer amongst Russians? "America." Thus, the two polls seem diametrically opposed.

If you have time, take a look at the article. It's worth a read. Pleasant weekend to all! Next week we'll continue with more stories from Tennessee.

Comments

[nar-row.livejournal.com]

The author think about this opinion as a result of anti-american campaign. Yes, there's some anti-amercanism inspirated by Kremlin (I would say, almost all of it is nothing more than words). But if some of viewpoints of Russian citizens are stupid (and I think some of them are), does it mean, that it has not been generated by something real? I don't think so. After all, "24 percent of respondents worldwide" had not been propagandized by Kremlin. :) And I don't think, that respondents in the first and second poll were the same, so I don't see something strange in this result.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, different respondents in the polls. And, it's no surprise 1/4 of respondents answered America. We're the bully of the world, in both good and bad ways.

[nar-row.livejournal.com]

Indeed you are. )