MPG: More than a third of the respondents indicated that Armenia on  the issue of Syunik and Gegharkunik can hope for military-political  assistance from the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin

ArmInfo. The MPG consulting company (Marketing Professional Group, the exclusive representative of the International GALLUP Association in Armenia) published the results of a survey for May 18, 2021- May 21, 2021, reflecting the public's  attitude to the upcoming parliamentary elections, developments in  Syunik and Gegharkunik, actions of the military-political leadership  of the Republic of Armenia and other topical issues.

According to director of "MPG" LLC Aram Navasardyan, according to the  results of the survey, to the question "is it safe to live in  Armenia?" 20.1% of the respondents answered "unequivocally safe",  20.6% believe that it is "rather safe". 27.7% of the respondents  noted that it is "most likely unsafe", and 28.5% are sure that living  in Armenia is "generally unsafe". Only 3.2% of respondents found it  difficult to answer the question.

At the same time, 38.3% of citizens believe that in the issue of  Syunik and Gegharkunik, Armenia can hope for military-political  assistance from the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin, 31.3% hope  for the support of France, 23.8% - the United States, 11.4%- for the  support of the Council Hope for UN security. Meanwhile, only 7.2%  hope for CSTO assistance, 12.9% of respondents considered other  options, and 5.2% refrained from answering.

The respondents were asked to express their attitude to the actions  of officials on a 5-point scale.  According to Navasardyan, all  specified officials received ratings below average. In particular,  acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received 2.5 points,  acting Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutnyan - 2.4 points, and NSS  Director Armen Abazyan - 2.3 points.

Citizens also rated the activities of the following politicians on a  5-point scale. Nikol Pashinyan received 2.5 points, second president  of Armenia Robert Kocharian - 2.1 points, RA President Armen  Sarkissian - 2.1 points, PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan - 1.7 points,  head of the  Edmon Marukyan - 1.7 points, ARF  representative Ishkhan Saghatelyan -1.5 points, the same number of  points was received by the 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.  Leader of the "Movement for the Sake of the Motherland" Vazgen  Manukyan, first president of the Republic of Armenia Levon  Ter-Petrosyan and  leader of the "Fatherland" party Artur Vanetsyan  received 1.4 points each. And only Ombudsman of Armenia Arman  Tatoyan, as in the course of the last poll, received an assessment  above average - 3 points.