
73% of Americans and 63% of Russians polled favour "all countries agreeing to eliminate all of their nuclear weapons assuming that there is a well-established international system for verifying that countries are complying".
Additionally, "79% of Americans and 66% of Russians want their governments to do more to pursue this objective".
- public opinion study "Americans and Russians on Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Disarmament" (John Steinbruner & Nancy Gallagher), published in Arms Control Today, Jan/Feb 2008.
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