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Russians Highly Confident in Putin Foreign Policy - Poll

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Russian people highly approve of President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy with regard to countries such as China, the United States and Ukraine, a poll published Wednesday found.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – According to a poll by the US-based Pew Research Center, as many as 90 percent of those polled approve of Putin’s relations with China. The two countries have recently upped their cooperation in a number of areas, including economic and military.

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The Russians polled also support Putin for his relations with the European Union (82 percent) and the United States (85 percent). Moscow’s relations with those countries deteriorated greatly amid the Ukrainian crisis.

As many as 83 percent support Putin’s handling of relations with Ukraine.

Almost 90 percent of those surveyed believe Putin will "do the right thing regarding world affairs," the poll found.

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly topped popularity polls both in Russia and abroad. In April, the readers of Time magazine named Putin the second most influential figure of 2015 and the first among politicians.

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