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Russians have not changed their attitude on U.S. over past months

MOSCOW. Feb 14 (Interfax) - The attitude of Russian citizens on the U.S. has not changed much over the past few months. The rapprochement between Russia and America after the September attacks on New York and Washington, other events of last year, and the recent relative cooling in interstate relations had no effect on their attitudes.

32% of Russians have good feelings about the United States (35% in September). 47% are indifferent (44% in September), and 15% have bad feelings (15%).

39% of respondents think the United States is a friendly country, and 47% think the opposite. The indices have almost not changed since September 2001. 29% say Russian-American relations have improved over the past month, and 10% hold the opposite idea. Half of Russians (49%) did not notice any changes in bilateral relations.

This information is supplied by the Public Opinion Foundation, which polled 1,500 Russian citizens on September 30, 2001, and February 10, 2002.

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