DUSHANBE, March 28, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Survey conducted by Gallup Poll in 2010 notes that Tajikistan tops the list of pro-Russia countries around the world.

The Gallup researchers conducted polls in 100 countries around the world.

According to the findings of poll conducted in Tajikistan, 94 percent of those surveyed in the country assessed positively policy conducted by Russia’s leadership, describing it as effective.  Only 2 percent of those surveyed in Tajikistan reportedly did not agree with this point of view.

In Kyrgyzstan and Mali, 84 percent of those polled trusted Russia’s leadership.

In the meantime, 76 of those surveyed in Georgia condemned policy of official Moscow and only 6 percent assessed steps taken by Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin as efficient.  Such a low level of confidence in Russia was registered in Kosovo.  Only 7 percent of those surveyed in this country supported Russian leadership’s policy.

According to Gallup, the percentage of those surveyed in Tajikistan in terms of confidence in administrations of other countries is the following: China - 47 percent; Germany -- 44 percent; France – 39 percent; the United Kingdom – 34 percent.

As far as the United States’ administration is concerned, confidence of Tajikistan’s population in the U.S. administration is rising from year to year: 30 percent in 2008; 42 percent in 2009; and 47 percent in 2010.

The Gallup Organization, known primarily as Gallup, provides a variety of management consulting, human resources and statistical research services.  It has over 40 offices in 27 countries.  World headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Operational headquarters are in Omaha, Nebraska.  Gallup currently has four divisions: Gallup Poll, Gallup Consulting, Gallup University, and Gallup Press.

The Gallup Organization was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.  After Gallup''s death in 1984, The Gallup Organization was sold to Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI) of Lincoln, Nebraska in 1988.