[A-List] Poll: Majority Of Ukrainians View NATO As Aggressive Imperialist Bloc

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From: Rick Rozoff
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Subject: [stopnato] Poll: Majority Of Ukrainians View NATO As Aggressive 
Imperialist Bloc


http://en.rian.ru/world/20080124/97682417.html

Russian Information Agency Novosti
January 24, 2008

Over half of Ukrainians against joining NATO - survey


KIEV - Over 50% of Ukrainians would vote against
joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
according to a survey carried out by the country's
Democratic Initiatives foundation.

According to the poll, 53% would vote against joining
the alliance at a referendum, and 32% would back
membership.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Saturday that
a decision on whether Ukraine should join NATO will
only be taken through a referendum.

In the survey, 51.9% of respondents said they viewed
NATO as an aggressive imperialist bloc that would draw
Ukraine into military conflicts.

Democratic Initiatives spokeswoman Irina Bekeshkina
said the main reason why people do not want Ukraine to
be a NATO member is their fear that the country's
relations with Russia could be ruined.

The poll was conducted from December 5 to 18 last
year. A total of 1,800 people were polled, with a
margin of statistical error of not more than 2.3%.

Last week Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko
handed a request for Kiev to join NATO's Membership
Action Plan to the alliance's secretary general, Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer.

The Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday that
the country would have to take "appropriate measures"
if Ukraine were to join NATO.

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