Attitudes towards Russian amibitions and the Russian-Georgian conflict

Russia and Germany have always been the neighbours raising most concerns among Poles. The Russian-Georgian war and the headway made in the building of the Northern Gas Pipeline – the Russian-German initiative overlooking Poland – are likely to have contributed towards changes in the way these two countries are perceived among Poles. For these reasons it is important to learn what fears and threats the Polish public opinion associates with the neighbours as well as how it evaluates the Caucasian conflict. The attitudes towards the installation of elements of the defence missile system in Poland have changed in the past months. They have been influenced by the progress in the negotiations with the USA as well as the outbreak of the Georgian conflict.