MOSCOW. June 21 (Interfax) - Every second Russian citizen interviewed as part of the Public Opinion Foundation's survey said he is aware of President Vladimir Putin's proposal to use the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan together with the United States.

Putin's initiative won applauses from 38% of respondents, 22% took the opposite view, and 40% were undecided, according to the results of the poll, which were unveiled in Moscow on Thursday.

However, 61% of those surveyed described the United States as an unfriendly country, and 25% expressed the opposite opinion, as compared with 40% and 35% in March 2004, respectively.

Forty-one percent of respondents said no noticeable changes have taken place in Russian-U.S. relations over the past year, 23% said the two countries' relationship has improved, and 20% said it has worsened.

Only 15% of those polled said they like U.S. President George W. Bush, and 66% of respondents had a negative view of him.

The poll was conducted in 100 localities across Russia in mid-June.