In a survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations, a clear majority of EU citizens see Russia as a threat and do not want to buy oil and gas from there. As the West approaches, the distance to Turkey increases.
Vienna. For almost a year, Russian troops have been trying to subdue Ukraine and incorporate it into the Great Russian Empire on the orders of Vladimir Putin. The head of the family quickly had to bury any hopes of a lightning victory in the Kremlin, but Moscow must now abandon the idea that relations with its European neighbors will return to the status quo ante after the end of the war (whatever it may be) – this conclusion can be taken after reading a large-scale study by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), which “Die Presse” was able to see in advance.
Under the aegis of Timothy Garton Ash (Oxford University historian and Charlemagne Prize winner), Ivan Krastev (political scientist, IWM Vienna) and Mark Leonard (ECFR Director), at the turn of the year 2022/23 almost 20,000 people in 15 countries worldwide became the Conflict researched: in Europe in nine EU member states (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Denmark, Estonia) plus Great Britain, also in the USA, Turkey , India, China – as well as Russia itself Due to the “tense internal political and social situation”, the 800 Russian participants were interviewed in person rather than over the Internet, according to the study’s annex.