More Russians prefer the EU than the US

Almost three quarters of Russian adults have "positive feelings" towards the EU, a new poll has revealed.

The poll, which aims to show whether Russians prefer the EU or the US, showed that 74 percent of people answered positively to the question "Do you have positive or negative feelings towards the European Union".

Only 14% declared that they did not like it.

The US turned out to be fairly popular as well - if less so than the Union - with 61% of people declaring "positive...