Posted on 02/15/2015 7:15:40 AM PST by WhiskeyX
A recent state poll asking Russians about their fears has laid bare a telling change in attitudes: more than double the number of respondents said they feared a nuclear war compared to two years ago.
Russia's deteriorating relations with the West and the economic turmoil that followed sanctions imposed on Moscow for its meddling in Ukraine have had a significant impact on Russians' view on the likelihood of nuclear war or going hungry, the poll published Thursday by state-run VTsIOM pollster showed.
The number of respondents who said they feared a nuclear war has doubled to 17 percent from only 8 percent two years ago, while the number of those who fear going hungry has nearly tripled to 11 percent from 4 percent over the same period.
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It is Russian committing aggression against Ukraine today, the same country upon which Russia imposed the HOLODOMOR famine. Talk about extreme CHUTZPAH!
Meanwhile, the Russians intend to stick with the guy who intends to give them all three of what they fear.
I’ll bet that fear has doubled in the US too.
exactly
Who but China is likely to nuke them, unless attacked first?
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