Russia is seen as a military ally three times less than the United States. But our country is much more popular than China, Britain, France and India. These are the results of a global survey of Gallup International, during which respondents were asked to choose for their country a potential military ally.

The study was conducted in 68 countries of the world. It covered more than 66 thousand. Man, according to the "Free Press". The survey participants were asked to answer the following question: "In the world there are six countries with great military potential - the USA, China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and India. Imagine that in the event of a military invasion of your country, you would have to choose an ally from their number. Who would you choose? ".

The winner was the United States. 41% of respondents voted for them. Americans became the most welcome ally for the people of Kosovo (92%), South Korea (81%), Israel (68%), Albania (66%), Vietnam (66%), Japan (64%), Canada (62%), Great Britain (58%), France (54%) and Spain (52%).

Russia took the second place with the result of 15%. 71% of the Mongols, 58% of the Serbs, 47% of the Chinese, 48% of the Greeks, 42% of the Bulgarians, 30% of the Slovenes, 23% of the Turks and 20% of the Iranians are ready to join us in reconnaissance.. It is noteworthy that in Ukraine there is parity between the United States and Russia: 35% against 33% in favor of Americans.

Closed the top three of the Chinese with a 10%. On their side, the residents of Pakistan (72%) and Russia (44%) are ready to make speeches.. The United States (43%), and also the neighbors from Northern Europe - Sweden (29%), Iceland (28%), Ireland (25%), Norway (23%) and Denmark (23% ).

France (5%) is preferred by respondents from Belgium (25%). True, they demanded that on the side of Paris,. To the aid of India (3%) count only the inhabitants of Bangladesh (46%).

According to Andrei Milekhin, vice-president of Gallup International, the results of the survey reflect not only traditional cultural preferences, but also the events of recent years. "All those sanctions and pressure on Russia, which are practiced by Western countries, eventually led to the fact that even ordinary citizens began to perceive Russia, if not as an enemy, then certainly not as an ally," said the researcher..

Leading expert of the Center for Military and Political Studies of MGIMO, Doctor of Political Sciences Mikhail Alexandrov suspected the authors of the bias poll. He noted that among the countries participating in the survey there were too many real allies of the United States that are members of NATO and largely depend on Washington. For obvious reasons, the population of these countries is pro-American.

At the same time, Alexandrov drew attention to the fact that although the US continues to exert the greatest political and economic influence on the world, this influence is gradually decreasing. If, after the Second World War, Americans controlled more than half of the world economy, now, according to the IMF, less than 16%. Politically, the concept of liberal democracy, imposed by the United States, already also does not cause enthusiasm.

Washington remains the leader in the military and scientific and technical terms. But in the "arms race" he is hit by the heels of Russia and the countries of Asia - China, India and Iran. As a result, the US influence is "gradually blurred". If the US gets involved in a serious war in Syria, Afghanistan or North Korea and does not emerge victorious, it will mean the collapse of the American empire, Alexandrov said..

According to the expert, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Korea and Pakistan will gradually begin to distance themselves from the United States. All of them will be reoriented to Moscow or Beijing. The influence of Washington will also be weakened in Latin America, while the EU countries are already considering Germany, not the US, as the main owner of life. "All this disengagement of political forces in the world is already outlined. And it means that good prospects for Russia are opening up, "concluded the expert..

The director of the Institute for Political Studies, Sergei Markov, called the survey results plausible:

they reflect an assessment of the real military potential of countries. France is cute to many, but it's no secret that this country and its leadership are not ready for the manifestation of power. At the same time, Turkey and Iran were convinced by the example of Syria that the Russians are able to fight, and therefore, in the event of a global conflict, the inhabitants of these countries would like to speak on our side. Even a third of Ukrainians, despite active anti-Russian propaganda, still sees Moscow as a military ally.