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/^t/During the years since 1989 the inhabitants of Poznan have also changed their attitude towards foreigners. On the whole they are friendly and tolerant. However, when a great tide of Romanian people came to Poznan they began to show negative or even hostile attitude towards them. The same pattern of behaviour applies to Russians. An average city dweller feels threatened by them, because they contributed to the increase of criminal offences such as robbery, theft or deception. According to the statistics, in 1992 Russian citizens committed 1,5% of all crimes in the Poznan region. The attitude towards the citizens of the Western countries is diametrically opposed to the one presented above. Most of Poznan inhabitants are friendly and hospitable towards, for example, Germans or Japanese. The reason is that people understand that the more foreign investments in Poznan the richer the city and its dwellers will be in the future.