The number of Russians who call Ukraine among the countries most hostile to Russia has reached its peak for the entire period of research, the Vedomosti newspaper says..

According to the "Levada Center", this is the opinion of half of the respondents compared to 30% in 2014.

The main enemy remains the US, but they have a downward trend. Turkey, which entered in 2016. In the first enemy troika with 29%, now only the 11th (8%), and its place was taken by Germany. In the top five best friends by 5 percentage points for the year added China and Syria.

The conflict with Ukraine continues, the heat of claims does not subside, against this background the conflict with the West continues, comments Alexei Grazhdankin, deputy director of the Levada Center: "Every month, the initiatives of the Ukrainian authorities that are perceived as anti-Russian. Enmity is caused by the current situation, the longer it lasts, the more difficult it will come out of ".

Ukraine can outrun the US in the list of enemies if Donald Trump will strongly meet Russia and this will be reflected on Russian channels, political analyst Alexei Makarkin.

"A key role is played by television, which gives a norm of attitude to a particular country, this norm can be adjusted. Russians trust more not to people who just came from Kiev, but to television, "says the expert..

"And all this is constantly updated by new information guides and leads to the fact that wounds that could heal are constantly combing," adds Makarkin.