DISINFO: 70 percent of Ukrainians have a positive attitude towards Russia
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: 60 minut @Rossiya 1 - YouTube (archived)*
  • Date of publication: February 04, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 136
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, Russia
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Ukraine European Union

DISINFO: 70 percent of Ukrainians have a positive attitude towards Russia

SUMMARY

The attitude of the Ukrainian population towards Russia has changed. Earlier the proportion of people having a positive attitude towards Russia was 30% with 70% having a negative attitude, today it is 70% positive and 30% negative.

RESPONSE

According to poll from five years ago almost 80% of Ukrainians were positive towards Russia. A poll from September 2018 shows that approximately 48% of Ukrainians had a positive attitude towards Russia, among them 10% were very positive; 32% expressed very negative views and 20% didn’t know. The poll also indicated that 58.1% of Ukrainians supported integration to the EU and 46.3% to NATO. Only 9.4% of respondents believe that Ukraine should restore relations with Russia. and the Commonwealth of Independent Nations. A poll conducted in January 2019 consisted the following question: “If Ukraine could enter one international economic union, which of the following should it be?” 53% of respondents preferred the EU and 13% (the lowest of all times) gave preference to a Customs Union with Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In February 2014, 41% supported the EU and 36% the Customs Union.

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