MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The survey conducted by the independent Levada Analytical Center showed that 32 percent of those polled were pessimistic about agreement being reached between the two powers on Syria, where some 250,000 are estimated to have died since the war broke out in 2011.
Russia and the United States have been conducting separate aerial campaigns in Syria to defeat Daesh terrorist group.
Fifty-nine percent of Russians polled backed the Russian operation, saying Russian jets should continue targeting Daesh positions with airstrikes, while 27 percent said the campaign must stop.
Forty-two percent also said Russia should grant Syria’s President Bashar Assad asylum if he is toppled, with 29 percent against the proposal. The survey was conducted on January 22-25 among 1,600 people.
