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the European Union and Russia, the German magazine reports.
Russia is considering the possibility of transferring contributions to the budget of the United Nations and UN agencies in rubles, Petr Ilyichev, director of the Foreign Ministry's department of international organizations, told Interfax. He also assured that Russia pays all contributions to the budgets of the UN system in full "and, if possible, on time."
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on July 15 that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with several hundred drones, including weapons-capable UAVs. EU blocks sanctions on Russian titanium company fearing retaliation.
2.11 Polls & Sociology
Meduza has obtained the results of a closed opinion poll that was commissioned by the Russian presidential administration and conducted by the state-owned Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) in late June 2022. 30% of respondents believe the “military activity in Ukraine" should be “brought to an end as soon as possible.” Another 13% said the question was difficult to answer, while 57% said they believe the war should continue. A source close to the presidential administration told Meduza that a presentation shown by the administration included the same figures. VTsIOM hasn’t shared this data publicly.
The survey results also sorted respondents by age. Among respondents ages 18-24, 56% supported ending the war, while 19% wanted it to continue. In the 25-34 age group, 43% wanted the war to end, while 41% wanted it to continue. Overall, the older the age group, the higher percentage of respondents supported the war. Among respondents over 60, for example, 72% said they want the war to continue.
In Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to the survey data, about 40% of respondents wanted the war to be brought to an end, while about 48% wanted it to continue. Russia’s other large cities (those with populations of more than onemn) showed the highest levels of support for the war, with 62% of respondents on average expressing support for its continuation.
VTsIOM also studied the relationship between support for the war and media consumption. Among “active internet users,” 47% of respondents said they want the war to end, while 35% said they want it to continue. Among television viewers, however, only 22% support ending the war, while 68% wanted it to continue.
According to the age categories, the results of the survey were divided as
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