Poll // Russia's war against Ukraine has changed the world's attitude towards the Russian Federation
Negative attitudes towards Russia and President Putin after the outbreak of war in Ukraine are at an all-time high, although there are exceptions. At the same time, the level of trust in Ukrainian leader Volodimir Zelenski is less clear, even in Europe, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center in Washington.
Russia's war against Ukraine has changed the world's attitude towards the Russian Federation and its President Vladimir Putin to a very negative one. Of the 24 countries surveyed, attitudes towards Vladimir Putin are strongly negative. 87% of respondents do not trust the international policy of the Russian president.
The highest rates of negative attitude towards Putin are in Poland and Sweden (98%), in Germany - 92%. It should be noted that in Germany, where a few years before the Russian invasion of Ukraine Putin was treated better than former US President Donald Trump, negative attitudes continued to rise.
The exception is Asian countries. The highest levels of trust in the President of the Russian Federation, Pew Researchers recorded in India (59 percent - almost twice as high as distrust) and Indonesia (43 percent vs. 26). As for trust in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the context of world politics, respondents' answers were not as sharply divided as on Vladimir Putin.
Slightly more than half of respondents - 51 percent - trust the leader in Kiev to a great or partial extent, and 39 percent have no confidence. The countries with the highest level of trust are Sweden, 86%, the UK 77% and the Netherlands 73%. Less trust in Zelensky is found in Hungary - 11 percent, Argentina - 24 percent, Mexico - 25 percent.
The survey commissioned by the Pew Research Center was conducted from February to May this year and involved some 30,000 respondents in 24 countries, DW notes.
