Most Russians have a positive attitude towards China. Positive attitudes also prevail towards Brazil, Turkey and Iran. The European Union, the United States, Ukraine and France are mostly viewed negatively. The attitude towards the UN is usual rather negative, and respondents also have a poor opinion about its influence. Respondents who are positive about the UN explain their position by saying that the organization stands for peace, resolves international issues and protects the interests of smaller countries. The negative opinion about the UN is caused by beliefs in its uselessness, aggression towards Russia, and bias in favor of the West.

From the presented list of countries and international organizations, Russians have the best attitude to China (81%), Brazil (55%), Turkey (52%) and Iran (50%), slightly worse to Israel (27%). The respondents feel the worst about France (20%), the UN (19%), the EU (16%), the USA (16%) and Ukraine (14%).

Of the list of countries offered to respondents, the respondents relate best to China, but the attitude towards it has deteriorated somewhat since the last measurement: 81% feel good about China (a decrease of 5% since May 2024), only 9% feel bad.

The share of respondents with a positive attitude towards China is higher among those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (88%), as well as those who trust information from television (89%).

The share of respondents with a positive attitude towards China is lower among respondents aged 40-54 (76%), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (70%), those who trust online publications as sources of information (79%).

Since 1995, Russians have expressed their attitude towards Brazil somewhat more clearly – the number of those who found it difficult to answer decreased by 13%, but still a third of respondents could not determine their attitude towards this country. At the same time, as the share of those who feel good (55%) has increased, so has the share of those who feel bad (13%) about Brazil.

Respondents in the 25-39 age group (60%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (60%), as well as those who trust online publications and Telegram channels as sources of information (60% each), feel better about Brazil.

Older respondents (52% of respondents aged 55 and older), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (48%), as well as those who trust information from social networks and YouTube channels (59% each), feel worse about Brazil.

The attitude towards Turkey is gradually deteriorating, so since August 2022, the share of Russians who feel good about this country has decreased by 16% (to 52%), and one in four respondents feels bad about Turkey (25%).

Young people under the age of 24 (57%), those who believe that things are going in the right direction in the country (58%), and those who trust information from YouTube channels (61%) are more likely to speak about their good attitude towards Turkey.

Middle-aged respondents (29% aged 40-54), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (23%), those who trust information from online publications (29%) are more likely to talk about their negative attitude towards Turkey.

The share of positive assessments of the attitude towards Iran is increasing – 50% (an increase of 6 percentage points) after a sharp decrease in the measurement of the end of October 2023 (it was probably due to the aggravation of the conflict in the Middle East after the Hamas attack on Israel), then the share of positive assessments decreased by 15% compared to the measurement in May 2023, and one in three (33%) found it difficult to assess their attitude to the country. 21% of respondents voiced a bad attitude towards Iran in October 2024.

Men (58%), respondents aged 40-54 (53%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (58%), those who trust television as a source of information (60%) are more likely to say that they feel good about Iran.

Women (21%), young people under 24 (33%), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (31%), those who trust social networks as a source of information (27%) are more likely to say that they have a negative attitude towards Iran.

Over the past 9 years, the number of Russians who have a positive attitude towards France has sharply decreased – 20% (a decrease of 57%), now 60% of respondents have a bad attitude towards France (an increase of 47% since November 2015)

Respondents under the age of 39 (29% each) feel better about France than others, those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (28%), those who trust information from telegram channels (27%).

Older respondents (67% of respondents aged 55 and older), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (66%), those who trust information from television (67%) feel worse about France than others.

Negative attitudes towards the United States are also growing – 72% (by 11% since August 2023) and the number of respondents who feel good about America is decreasing – 16%.

The share of respondents with a positive attitude towards the United States is higher among young people under 24 (29%), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (26%), as well as those who trust information from YouTube channels (36%).

The share of respondents with a negative attitude towards the United States is higher among older respondents (81% among respondents aged 55 and older), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (77%), those who trust television as a source of information (81%).

The attitude towards the European Union is also deteriorating, 71% of respondents now feel bad about the EU (an increase of 12% since August 2023), 16% of respondents say they feel good about it.

Young people under the age of 24 (34%) have a more positive attitude towards the European Union, those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (30%), as well as those who trust telegram channels as a source of information (30%).

Older respondents have a more negative attitude towards the European Union (80% of respondents aged 55 and older), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (78%), those who trust television as a source of information (77%).

In September 2024, the maximum number of respondents who feel bad about Ukraine (74%) was recorded, as well as the minimum proportion of respondents who feel good about it (14%).

Young people under the age of 24 (19%), those who believe that things in the country are going the wrong way (21%), those who trust information from telegram channels and online publications (18% each) relate to Ukraine better than others.

Respondents aged 55 and over (78%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (79%), and those who trust information from television (83%) have the worst attitude to Ukraine than others.

Three out of ten respondents believe that the UN plays a very or rather important role in the modern world (30%), this share has continued to decline since 2010, when this figure was 56%. To date, 55% believe that the UN does not play a very important role (26%) or plays almost no role at all (29%).

Women (38%) are more likely to talk about the importance of the UN in the modern world, young people (18-24 years old) – 42%, as well as those who trust social networks (42%) and YouTube channels (41%) as a source of information, including the latter – more often believe that the UN is playing “a very important” role.

Men (68%), older respondents (55 years and older) – 62%, and those who trust television as a source of information (57%) are more likely to say that the UN plays not too important or does not play a role at all in the modern world.

The opinion about the UN’s work has also changed significantly over the past nine years since the last measurement, so 18% of respondents have a positive opinion (a decrease of 16%), 58% have a negative opinion (an increase of 24%).

Respondents aged 25-39 years – 26% and those who trust YouTube channels as a source of information (25%) are more likely to express a positive opinion about the UN’s work.

Older respondents (55 years and older) – 65% and those who trust television as a source of information (60%) – are more likely to speak about a negative opinion about the activities of the UN.

Those who have a positive opinion about the UN give the following arguments for their position: “it stands for peace” – 18%, “it solves international issues” – 15%, “it does nothing wrong, it just works” – 14%, “it stands for the independence of countries, protects the interests of small states” – 8%.

Those who have a negative opinion about the UN give the following arguments: “useless, meaningless organization” – 31%, “aggression against Russia” – 16%, “pro-Western, pro-American organization” – 12%, “incite wars” – 8%, “hypocrisy, double standards” – 6%.