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GMI Poll: Russians and Americans Wish Terrorism Featured on St. Petersburg G8 Summit Agenda

Survey conducted in all G8 countries also reveals Russians believe USA is unfriendly towards Russia

Moscow, July 11, 2006 – The latest GMI Poll, powered by global market intelligence solutions provider GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) and conducted in partnership with Russian research company ASI SPb (Agency of Social Information), shows that both Russians and Americans are concerned with terrorism. 94% of Russian and 92% of American respondents in the poll said they would like to see the topic featured on the agenda of the upcoming G8 Summit chaired for the first time by Russia in St. Petersburg from July 15 th to 17 th. On the flip side, the poll also reveals that the Russians are very concerned about their country’s relationship with the USA - 67% of Russian respondents said that the USA’s attitude toward Russia is unfriendly, while 25% of them believe this attitude is “definitely unfriendly”.

The poll was recently conducted among 8,001 respondents in all of the G8 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and USA, to gauge general global knowledge about the G8 and evaluate the current concerns of global consumers of all G8 nations.

Other top issues that respondents wished to see included on the G8 agenda were global energy security and the spread of dangerous infections diseases, which are already two of the three topics scheduled for discussion in St. Petersburg. Russian respondents were the least interested of all the countries surveyed in adding global poverty and climate changes to the agenda.

The poll shows that Russian respondents are well aware of the existing frictions with the White House on particular topics. This may be the reason why such a high percentage of Russian respondents (16%) said that Russia should solve global issues, including ethnic and religious conflicts, by working alone. France was the only other country that had more than 10% of respondents answer this way, while Italy and the UK were the countries most likely to work with others, followed closely by Germany.

Generally, respondents outside of Russia view Russia’s attitude towards their own countries as friendly. Germany showed the best scores - 52% of German respondents believe that Russia has a “somewhat friendly” attitude towards Germany, and 13% said this attitude is “definitely friendly”.

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	How do you think [respondent's home country] should solve global issues like worldwide infections, ethnic and religious conflicts, deficit of energy supplies and so on?
	The next G8 summit will take place in July 2006. The meeting is aimed at identifying solutions to certain global problems. How much do you know about the G8?
	Where will the 2006 G8 summit be held?
	What is your attitude towards the G8 summit being held in Russia?
	In your opinion, what attitude to Russia do the following countries have? (Russian respondents only)
	What is your opinion on the future membership of the G8 summit? The G8 should...
	If you were asked for advice, which issues would you add to the agenda of the 2006 G8 summit?
	In your opinion, what is Russia's attitude toward [respondent's home country]?

About GMI Poll

GMI Poll quickly and accurately gathers international opinions about topical issues and critical global events. GMI Poll is the only survey that polls global opinions in real time, online, and with statistically accurate results. GMI surveyed a representative sample of 8,001 adults (18+) in the G8 countries ( Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and USA) from June 15 through June 23, 2006. The data was collected using a randomly selected quota system on the  internet -based Net-MR® platform for age, gender and, where applicable, geographical region, race and ethnicity. The respondents were taken from a pool of over 5.5 million consumer panelists, collected by GMI through the www.globaltestmarket.com consumer panel. To learn more about GMI or its methodology, please visit www.gmi-mr.com.

About GMI

GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) is the only company that provides comprehensive integrated solutions for global market intelligence for both market research firms and corporate market research departments at Global 2000 companies. Solutions include Net-MR®, a suite of software tools to manage and automate research throughout the project lifecycle, desktop analysis tools, 24x7x365 service bureau capabilities, and one of the world's largest, highly profiled, double opt-in managed panels, spanning across 200 countries. In addition, GMI offers high-value, real-time enterprise feedback solutions for customer, partner and employee programs. Founded in 1999 with world headquarters in Seattle, Wash., GMI has operations on five continents. For more information, please visit www.gmi-mr.com or email us.

About ASI SPb

ASI SPb is a Russian company that conducts sociological and marketing research projects, and interviews citizens and experts on a variety of topics such as business, politics and the quality of the state administration. ASI SPb is one of Russia’s leading companies engaged in international opinion polls. The company is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Additional information on ASI SPb and its services can be found at www.asinfo.ru.