Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia are in the list of CIS countries enjoying Russians’ maximum trust, as shown by the results of the survey conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center.
Thus, Russia’s more reliable partners are Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia, each having 43%, 31% and 8% rating respectively. All other countries strictly fall behind. Azerbaijan and Ukraine each have 4% rating, while Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan enjoy only 3% trust among Russians. As to Tajikistan and Georgia, they have received 2% and 1% respectively.
Russian people’s trust in CIS leaders coincides with the ratings above. Thus, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Norsultan Nazarbaev have 33% and 28% rating respectively. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev (6%) comes next. followed by Uzbek and Turkmen top leader Islam Karimov and Gurbangula Berdimuhamedov (each having 5%), Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev (4%), Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (3%), Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko (3%) and Tajikistani President Emomali Rahmonov (2%). The lowest rating belongs to Georgian President Mikheil Sahakashvili has received only 1%, RIA Novosti reports.
