56% Of Russians Believe Russia And Ukraine Should Be Independent But Friendly Countries – Levada Center Poll
56% of Russians believe that Russia and Ukraine should be independent but friendly countries with open borders and without visas and customs checks.
This is indicated by the results of a poll that that the Yuri Levada analytical center conducted in January, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Asked the question, “Which of the following opinions about relations between Russia and Ukraine would you rather agree with?” 26% of the respondents in the poll chose option “Russia’s relations with Ukraine should be the same as its relations with other countries – closed borders, visas, and customs,” 56% chose the option “Russia and Ukraine should be independent but friendly countries with open borders and without visas and customs,” and 15% chose the option “Russia and Ukraine should unite into one country.”
Three percent of respondents said it was difficult to answer the question.
The poll was conducted from January 23 to 29 among a representative sample of urban and rural populations of Russians over the age of 18.
In total, the company polled 1,603 Russians in 137 settlements in 50 regions of Russia.
The statistical margin of sampling error is not higher than 3.4%.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, 47% of Russians polled by the Levada Center have a negative attitude to Ukraine and 42% have a positive attitude to the country.
© 2020 UNA
Open borders? Rather the ass open! Russia has to respect Ukraine’s borders to begin with. Anyway, i’m in favor of building a wall along the border with Russia.
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Nobody gives a flying fuck what Russians think about Ukraine. You were all jumping up and down when your mafia boss annexed Crimea, now you are suffering for it. In a few decades time, when the Ukrainian economy is booming, we might let you join Ukraine as a junior partner, once the dwarf is rotting at the side of Lenin.
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It would be nice if it was years not decades though. Hope springs eternal….
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It’s moving in the right direction and if the UK and Ukraine come up with a good deal, it could improve dramatically next year.
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DPR and LPR ‘separatists’ will march on May the 9 in Moscow in de WW2 PARADE.
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You mean Gay Pride…
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