15:43, 12 May 2017

Residents of Georgia treat Russia as greatest threat to their country

Protest rally against call-in show with Russia, Tbilisi, March 28, 2014. Photo by Edita Badasyan for the 'Caucasian Knot'.

63% citizens of Georgia questioned by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) treat Russia to be the greatest threat to their country, the "Interfax" reports with reference to the results of the survey published today.

According to the survey, 6% of respondents mentioned Turkey to be a threat to their country, 5% the USA, 1% Armenia and another 1% Iran, and 15% found it difficult to answer. Meanwhile, 35% of respondents called the United States a country providing the best security for Georgia, 12% mentioned Georgia itself as such a country, 10% Russia, 2% Azerbaijan, 1% France, 1% Turkey, 1% Germany, and 1% Armenia. 18% of the respondents chose the answer "no country", and other 17% gave no answer, the "Interfax" reports.

The questioning was conducted on April 7-28, with involvement of 2493 respondents, except for residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the "InterPressNews" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.