Americans’ overall opinion of Russia is quite negative. The current 34% favorable, 60% unfavorable split in views is about as negative as Gallup has recorded over the past two decades, and those data were obtained in early February, before the recent crisis with Russian military involvement in the Crimean region of Ukraine.
What’s interesting is how much of a difference age makes in those perceptions. Those who are old enough to remember the Cold War, ages 50 and older, are much more negative about Russia than those who are younger. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup