ERR News -A poll conducted in Russia found that 30 percent of those surveyed consider Estonia among the most hostile nations to their country, making it the fifth least friendly to the Russian Federation in their eyes.
The nationwide survey, which was conducted in May by the Levada-Center pollsters, asked respondents to name the five nations that they considered the most friendly to Russia, and the five least friendly, Interfax reported.
Georgia came out at the top of the enemy camp, chosen by 50 percent of those polled. Estonia's Baltic neighbors Latvia and Lithuania came next at 35 percent and 34 percent respectively, while old Cold War adversary the US followed closely at 33 percent.
The country seen as chummiest with Russia was Belarus, which was deemed among the friendliest by 35 percent of respondents. Kazakhstan was a close second at 33 percent. Despite the two countries' often troubled relations, Ukraine came in third at 21 percent, just ahead of Germany at 20 percent and China at 18 percent.
The survey also found that 74 percent of Russians were in favor of expanding and strengthening relations with the West.
