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July 28, 2008 - Kommersant - Forty seven percent of the Russians favor the United States in general, signaled the poll of All-Russia’s Center for Public Opinion Studies. But only 2 percent of the polled manifest very good attitude to that country. The attitude of 23 percent of the polled was bad and another 6 percent said they were extremely negative about the United States. Some 22 percent had no answer to that query. The youth tends to favor the United States more than older generation. In the age group of 18 years to 24 years, 4 percent of respondents were friendly towards the United States and 55 percent were more or less positive about it. But the figures shed to zero and 34 percent respectively amid those, who are older than 60. The results were quite the opposite for negative feelings towards the United States. Thirty eight percent of senior age group didn’t like that country and only 29 percent of the youth manifested negative attitude to it. All-Russia’s Center for Public Opinion Studies held the poll June 14 and 15, covering 1,600 in 153 settlements of 46 regions, districts and republics of Russia. The statistic error doesn’t exceed 3.4 percent.