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The majority of people surveyed in Germany regard Russia as a threat to the country’s security.<\/p>\n
A total of 56% of respondents to public broadcaster ARD’s Deutschlandtrend survey believe that Germany is currently under a very serious or serious threat from Russia. By contrast, 39% consider Russia to pose little or no threat at all.<\/p>\n
People in the west and east of the country view the vast nation to the east very differently: Whilst 59% of respondents in the western German states perceive Russia as a strong or very strong threat to German security, the figure is only 42% in the eastern German states.<\/p>\n
For 36% of western Germans, Russia poses little or no threat to the country’s security, whereas among eastern Germans, the figure is 47%.<\/p>\n
For the ARD Deutschlandtrend poll, Infratest dimap surveyed 1,319 eligible voters between Monday and Wednesday, with a margin of error between two and three percentage points.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the German government blamed the Russian state for a failed attack involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport and announced sanctions. The Kremlin denies any involvement in the incident.<\/p>\n
Russia has been waging an all-out war against Ukraine for four and a half years now. Germany has been providing political and military aid to Ukraine since the start of the war and is now regarded as the country’s most important supporter.<\/p>\n
Currently, 38% of those surveyed consider Germany’s provision of weapons to Ukraine to be appropriate, whereas 14% believe it does not go far enough, and 42% believe it goes too far, the highest recorded by Infratest dimap in this regard since the start of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n