DUSHANBE, July 30, 2011, Asia-Plus — According to the findings of a survey conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center in 46 regions of the Russian Federation on June 25-26, the majority of Russians do not want to unite with Tajikistan and Georgia.
Of those surveyed, only 11 percent expressed wish to unite with Georgia and 12 percent expressed wish to unite with Tajikistan.
Russians mainly choose Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan for unification – 35, 33 and 27 percent respectively.
17 percent of those polled agree to unite with Armenia, 16 percent agree to unite with Moldova and 14 percent agree to unite with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
36 percent of those surveyed consider that there ought not to unite with any of the mentioned nations. The survey notes that the number people who are against unification with any of the former Soviet republics has risen 4 percent over the past three years. In 2008, 32 percent of those polled were against unification with any of the former Soviet republics.
In the meantime, the number of Russians wanting to live in reunified Soviet Union has also increased over the past year – from 16 percent in 2010 to 20 percent in 2011. The number of Russians wanting to live within the CIS area has risen from 6 percent in 2010 to 10 percent.
