Highlights of Levada Center’s November 19-26 poll of Russians on the Karabakh conflict.
More Russians blame U.S./NATO countries than any other actor(s) for resumption of hostilities in Karabakh: 21% (Kremlin’s directives for fanning anti-US sentiment on Russian TV may have played a role, I guess, but do not fully explain).Second and third most-blamed are Azerbaijan (19%) and Turkey (15%) while Armenia is blamed only by 4%.
More than 2/3rd of Russians favored neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan in the conflict (Again Kremlin’s directives to Russian TV to portray Russia being equidistant to Yerevan and Baku may have played a role, but do not fully explain).
Share of Russians who support deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh grew from 46% in 2016 to 59% in 2020, almost 70% oppose Turkish peacekeeping in Karabakh.
Full results of Levada Center’s November 19-26 poll of Russians on the Karabakh conflict:
Do you know about the recent military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Karabakh?
| 2016 | 2020 | |
| I closely followed the development of events | 11 | 30 |
| I heard something, but not in details | 59 | 60 |
| I hear about it for the first time | 30 | 10 |
| Difficult to say | <1 | <1 |
What party do you think initiated resumption of military actions in Karabakh? (in % from those who have heard something about military operations)
| 2016 | 2020 | |
| U.S, NATO countries | 23 | 21 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 18 |
| Turkey | 15 | 16 |
| Armenia | 4 | 8 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 |
| Nobody in particular | 9 | 12 |
| Other | 1 | 2 |
| Difficult to say | 37 | 22 |
Which side did you favor (sympathize with) in the Karabakh conflict?
| 2016 | 2020 | |
| Armenia | 15 | 15 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 6 |
| Neither | 67 | 74 |
| Difficult to say | 15 | 5 |
What would be your attitude towards deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh?
| 2016 | 2020 | |
| Overall positive | 17 | 27 |
| Rather positive than negative | 29 | 32 |
| Rather negative than positive | 24 | 19 |
| Sharply negative | 12 | 12 |
| Difficult to say | 18 | 1 |
What would be your attitude towards deployment of Turkish peacekeepers in Karabakh
| 2020 | |
| Overall positive | 3 |
| Rather positive than negative | 12 |
| Rather negative than positive | 32 |
| Sharply negative | 37 |
| Difficult to say | 16 |
