Majority of Russians believe their troops are not fighting in Ukraine - poll


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A majority of Russians believe their country's troops are not fighting in eastern Ukraine but nearly half would be glad if it turned out they were, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

The poll by the independent Levada research group suggested 25 percent of respondents did not believe the Kremlin's denials that Russia has sent soldiers to back separatists fighting Ukrainian government forces in the eastern regions.

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