Russians fear the United States?

Coach is Right ^ | May 16, 2015 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

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The Telegraph reported from an independent pollster the Levada Center survey that nearly a third, 31 percent, of Russians fear an invasion by the United States. The Moscow Times citing the same survey reported that 59 percent of Russians believe that the United States and NATO pose a threat to the homeland. Amid the tensions arising from the Ukrainian crisis this is a 12 percent increase from a previous survey conducted in 2007. This poll is an indication of heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow that haven’t been seen since the Cold War.

The poll was conducted last April interviewing 1,600 adults across 46 regions of the country. Other poll results indicate that 48 % of Russians are concerned that the United States would interfere with any Russian efforts to modernize. Forty percent feared that America is trying to take control and destroy the Russian economy, hardly likely given the amount of time spent by Obama and his acolytes on the destruction of the American economy. Thirty six percent are wary of the forced imposition of U.S. values and ideals. It seems these people must be watching the exported version of Modern Family.

Probable cause

Russian State television constantly and deliberately frightens its viewers with the thought that the U.S. and NATO are intent upon destroying and occupying the country.

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I believe that the figure is 200 million single men in China, as we speak. And yes I made an error, the Chinese of Genghis Khan went west, not east.

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Sometimes democratic shifts suggest changes in national boundaries. NATO supported that process in Yugoslavia, but opposes it in Ukraine, for some reason.

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I would say the Russians have been successful in maintaining control in their east, at the same time employing migrant labor from China and working with indigenous populations. The trans-Siberian railway was a great idea.