MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - A poll Tuesday found that 65% of Russians say The United States was Russia's chief ally in World War II. The poll was conducted by the Levada Center on the eve of the anniversary of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.
But 2% of the respondents said that the United States had fought against Russia in that war.
According to the poll, 63% of the respondents said that Great Britain was Russia's ally and 36% of the respondents named France as an ally.
The poll says that only 6% of Russians feel hatred and vengeance towards the residents of axis-power countries.
The representative poll was held in 128 populated areas of 46 Russian regions and involved 1,600 respondents. It has a statistical error of 3%.
