The Impact of Tensions between the EU and Russia at the People-to-People Level

... viewed European policy as unacceptable and the poll showed 45% of Russian respondents expressing a negative view of Europe . Finally, a survey funded by NORC at the University of Chicago and conducted in November-December 2014, showed that Russian public opinion of the European Union had declined sharply since 2012 and that nearly half of Russians had an unfavourable view of the European Union (49%). The majority of Russians saw the European Union as an adversary. However, a significant majority maintained that Russia ...