MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Nearly half of those surveyed, 45 percent, said that the anti-Moscow punitive measures had negatively affected Greece's economy.
Russia's retaliatory ban on EU food imports introduced in August 2014 and prolonged by a presidential decree in July hurt the debt-ridden Greek economy, those interviewed told the pollster.
"Before the sanctions, Greek agricultural exports to Russia made up 41% of all Greek exports to Russia, worth approximately 200 million euros annually," the US-based company said in a statement.
The Greek government expressed its criticism of the anti-Russia economic sanctions before their extension in June, however, it failed to secure a blocking vote during an EU Council meeting.
The research was conducted from May 14 to June 16 among some 1,000 adults.
