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Half of Serbian citizens believe that Serbia should be neutral in the Russian-Ukranian conflict, 21 percent think that Serbia should be on Russia's side and 13 percent believe that Serbia be on the side of Ukraine and the EU, a March 29 opinion poll conducted by the Demostat research and publishing center, shows.
A total of 16 percent of respondents did not answer the question. Asked whether they were concerned that that conflict could spread to the former Yugoslavia, half said that this was a realistic danger while a little over one-fourth said that they did not believe that this could happen.
The other half said that they saw no danger while 28 percent of respondents are convinced that this will not happen and 21 percent said they were not really sure that this would not happen. Three percent of respondents did not answer the question.
Demostat program director Zoran Panovic said that "favoring Russia" was also reflected in the campaigns of many patriotic parties. "The Socialist Party of Serbia and the ruling party are stressing relations with Russia," Panovic said at a presentation of the pre-electoral poll and added that the survey showed that "the top incumbent officials" are spreading the most panic about potential shortages of food and gas.
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