GEORGIANS CONSIDER RUSSIA A HOSTILE NATION – POLL

Interfax Russia
March 27 2006

TBILISI. March 27 (Interfax) – Russia is the most hostile nation to
Georgia, a poll conducted by the popular Georgian newspaper Kviris
Palitra has indicated.

According to the poll, published on Monday, 94.4% were of the opinion
that Russia was the nation most hostile to Georgia.

The second most hostile nation was considered to be Belarus (33.7%)
followed by Armenia (28.1%), Turkey (4.7%), Iran (3.8%), Azerbaijan
(1.6%) and Iraq (1.5%).

Seven hundred adults in across Georgia were requested to name the
two most hostile nations to Georgia.