Does The World Hate Russia .... And Do Russians Hate The World?

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: The World Hates Russia. Russia Hates It Back.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's propaganda targeted at audiences outside Russia doesn't work, but neither will any Western counter-efforts directed at Russians. A new report from the Pew Research Center explains why.

Pew surveyed public opinion among 45,435 respondents in 40 nations between March and May and found that almost everywhere, people had an unfavorable opinion of Russia:

Europeans, whom the Kremlin would like to consider deluded U.S. followers, are often even more negative about Russia than Americans are -- and that's not just Poles, more exposed than others to the conflict in Ukraine, but also previously Russia-friendly Germans and French. Russia has few friends in the Middle East and Latin America. More Turks dislike it than view it favorably despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's warm relationship with Putin, and Venezuelans are no Russophiles despite their government's anti-American consensus with Moscow. Jordanians apparently have little patience with Russia's support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose war-torn country has flooded the kingdom with refugees.

WNU Editor: My girlfriend owns a 150lb Rottweiler .... and when she walks him down the street everyone either crosses the street to avoid them .... or they are "on guard" when they pass by. But both my GF and I know that her Rottie is a "big loveable pussy-cat" who loves to play, and he never understands why others try to avoid him. I guess Russians are like Rottweilers .... everyone is afraid of us, and we do not understand why. And then there are those who just do not care what the world thinks about Russians .... and in turn they certainly do not care about the world.