ArmInfo. 66% of respondents in Armenia are convinced that a 44- day war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was inevitable. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted and published by the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC).
At the same time, 34% of respondents are convinced that the war could have been avoided. 28% of respondents reported that they participated in hostilities, 72% – did not participate. 5% were injured during the war and recovered, 95% were not injured. 5% lost their jobs as a result of the war, 4% – lost property and only 2% reported that they had lost their relatives during the war.
At the same time, 91% of respondents expressed concern about the negative consequences of the war, 3% were not concerned, and another 6% were neutral about the consequences. 79% are concerned about the uncertainty caused by the war, 13% are not concerned, 9% are neutral. 63% of respondents also expressed concern about the impact of the war on their income, 23% – not concerned about this circumstance, 13% - neutral. 24% of respondents expressed concern about disagreements with family members regarding the country's domestic policy, 64% - not concerned, 12% – neutral.
At the same time, 78.8% of those polled were in favor of Nagorno-Karabakh becoming part of Armenia, 9.1% were against it, another 12.1% considered it acceptable.
59.8% of the respondents would unequivocally allow Artsakh to gain independence, 20.1% would rather allow it, another 20.1 would not allow it. Another 23.1% of respondents were in favor of Artsakh becoming part of Russia, 29.5% – rather for it, 47.4% were against it.
Moreover, 94.3% of respondents were against the creation of an administrative division (on the territory of the NKR – ed. note), which would be controlled by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. 97.9% of those polled were against receiving autonomy by Artsakh within Azerbaijan. And 98.2% said no to the accession of Artsakh to Azerbaijan without any status.
At the same time, 32% are convinced that Armenia should do everything to return all the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, 42% are convinced that Armenia should return all the territories lost as a result of the 44-day war, another 26% of respondents believe that Armenia should maintain the status quo.
At the same time, 52% of respondents were against the establishment of transport communications between Armenia and Azerbaijan, another 14% said that they disagree to some extent, 16% were neither for nor against, 12% said that they agree to some extent, and only 6% were in favor of opening communications. 62% of respondents are convinced that the opening of communications between Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan through the territory of the Republic of Armenia will pose a threat to the security of Armenia, 17% believe that it will create threats to some extent, 7% do not share this point of view, 6% – rather not share, 7% – neither for nor against.
45% also do not share the opinion that the opening of the above-mentioned road will create the basis for the development of the RA economy, another 10% rather do not share this opinion, 24% rather share this opinion, 12% do, 9% are neither for nor against. 89% of respondents also expressed the belief that it is impossible to forget what happened between peoples in the past. The citizens of Armenia are also inclined to believe that in the foreseeable future there will be a new war for Nagorno-Karabakh. The study was conducted from December 18, 2021 to February 4, 2022. The study involved 1648 respondents over 18 years of age. Citizens were selected from the republican electoral lists of 2018. Accuracy +/- 2.4%. Conducted tete-a-tete polls. 31% of respondents are from Yerevan, 32% – from other cities of the republic, another 37% – from villages. 55% are women, 47% are men, of which 52% are unemployed and 48% are employed. 35% of respondents had secondary education, 28%- secondary vocational education, 25% – higher education, 1%- post-graduate scientific degree, 3% – incomplete higher education, 7% – incomplete secondary education.