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

[notabler.livejournal.com]

http://www.gazeta.ru/comments/column/novoprudsky/5863193.shtml This article trying to explain why Russians are so over saturated with hatred. It is all over in the air. Have you try to compare comments in US and Russian web-sites? I did - with UK sources. The difference is terrific. They pour out their hatred even in case of somebody's death. So no wonder that US is kind of valve where they can pour out hatred and jealousy (most of them would be happy to move to US). It's a result of recent situation and policy in the country, heavy Gebbels-style propaganda.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! The Russian blogosphere is an entirely different beast compared to American forums. :) This I quickly learned after my first successful post here, which became infected with Anti-American trolls. The ability to use tact and respectfully disagree with others is sometimes absent in Russian forums. However, for the most part my readers behave. :)