Published April 17th, 2007 by Future Atlas
Russians: nyet to the EU
Russians are far less interested in joining the European Union than they were a few years ago, according to a new poll.
In 2003, 73% thought Russia should join the bloc. Now only about a third (36%) feel this way.
At some level this fluctuation hardly matters: it will be decades before Europe’s limping eastern giant is a realistic candidate for membership in the grouping.