Russian Public Wary of Obama

COLLEGE PARK, Md. , July 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following survey results were released today by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland:

Publics marked with an * excluded from the average for that question.

Q1-CE1b. Please tell me if you think...the United States... is playing a mainly positive or mainly negative role in the world.

            Mainly     Mainly     Depends    Neither   DK/NR
            positive   negative    (vol.)     (vol.)
    US*         80         18          0         0       2
    Russia      15         49         25         2       9

Q2-CE2b. Please tell me if you approve or disapprove of how...the United States... is dealing with the issue of climate change?

                       Approve      Disapprove     DK/NR
    US*                   45            47           8
    Russia                18            31          51

Q3-CE3b. Please tell me if you think...the United States... is or is not generally respectful of human rights.

                         Is        Is not     DK/NR
    US*                  87         13          1
    Russia               41         29         30

Q4-CE4b. Please tell me if you think...the United States... is or is not generally cooperative with other countries.

                         Is         Is not       DK/NR
    US*                  87           12            1
    Russia               47           27           26

Q5-CE5b. Please tell me if you think...the United States... does or does not use the threat of military force to gain advantages.

                           Does       Does not      DK/NR
    US*                     71           26            2
    Russia                  78            7           15

Q6-CE6a. Now I am going to read a list of political leaders from around the world. Tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs -- a lot of confidence, some confidence, Not too much confidence, or no confidence at all.

Q6a-CE6a. US President Barack Obama 2009; US President George W. Bush (2008)

           A lot of        Some      Not too much  No confidence  Depends/DK
           confidence   confidence    confidence       at all        (vol.)
           2009  2008   2009  2008    2009  2008     2009  2008    2009  2008
    US*     38    13     32    29      16    24       13    32       1     2
    Russia   2     2     21    12      36    30       19    36      23    19

Q6b-CE6d.Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

           A lot of        Some      Not too much  No confidence  Depends/DK
           confidence   confidence    confidence       at all        (vol.)
           2009  2008   2009  2008    2009  2008     2009  2008    2009  2008
    US       3     1     24    23      42    43       27    28       5     5
    Russia* 51    57     31    23       8     9        2     2       8    10

Q7-US1. Which of these two views is closer to yours?

          A. The US tries to promote       B. The US has been an     DK/NS
          international laws for other     important leader in
          countries, but is hypocritical   promoting international
          because it often does not        laws, and sets a good
          follow these rules itself.       example by following
                                           them.
                2009  2008                       2009  2008        2009  2008
    US*          40    54                         56    41           4     5
    Russia       76    76                         13    10          12    15

Q8-US2. In our government's relations with the US, do you think the US more often treats us fairly, OR abuses its greater power to make us do what the US wants?

           Treats us fairly   Abuses its greater     DK/NS
                                     power
              2009  2008          2009  2008       2009  2008
    Russia     12    19            75    69         13    12

Publics marked with an * excluded from the average for that question.

RESEARCH PARTNERS

Russia: Levada Center

Contact:

Ms. Ludmila Khakhulina, lkhahul@levada.ru, (+7 095) 229-55-44

United States: Program on International Policy Attitudes / Knowledge Networks

Contact:

Dr. Stephen Weber, sweber@pipa.org, +1-202-232-7500

Dr. Michael Dennis, mdennis@knowledgenetworks.com, +1-650-289-2160

METHODOLOGY

    Country    Sample Size  MoE   Field dates        Survey       Type of
               (unweighted) (%)                      methodology  Sample

    Russia         800      3.5   May 22-26, 2009    Face-to-Face National
    United States  796      3.5   May 27-Jun 4, 2009 Internet     National(1)

NOTES:

(1) Inthe United States, the poll was an online survey drawn from a nationally representative sample of the Knowledge Networks online panel. This panel is probabilistically-based, selected from the population of US telephone households and subsequently provided with an Internet connection if needed.

SOURCE Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland

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