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Russians Say They Fear Hunger, Unemployment and Nuclear War
The St. Petersburg Times ^ | January 31, 2015 (Issue # 1844) | Anna Dolgov

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sptimes.ru ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: economy; nuclearwar; nukepoland; nukeukraine; poll; putin; putinsbuttboys; russia; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 02/15/2015 7:15:41 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

It is Russian committing aggression against Ukraine today, the same country upon which Russia imposed the HOLODOMOR famine. Talk about extreme CHUTZPAH!


2 posted on 02/15/2015 7:23:44 AM PST by wtd
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To: wtd

Meanwhile, the Russians intend to stick with the guy who intends to give them all three of what they fear.


3 posted on 02/15/2015 7:31:19 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: WhiskeyX

I’ll bet that fear has doubled in the US too.


4 posted on 02/15/2015 8:03:01 AM PST by GOPJ (If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
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To: Olog-hai

exactly


5 posted on 02/15/2015 8:14:19 AM PST by GeronL
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To: WhiskeyX

Who but China is likely to nuke them, unless attacked first?


6 posted on 02/16/2015 7:16:22 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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