Sociological paradox: The East of Ukraine is getting better and better towards Russia (VIDEO)
Kyiv, October 10 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – Despite the intensified propaganda campaign on Ukrainian television, in the eastern regions of Ukraine, opinion polls show that the population’s attitude towards Russia is improving.
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The director of the Kyiv Center for Political Research and Conflict Studies, Mikhail Pogrebinsky, drew attention to this trend. He referred to September data from a sociological study by the Ukrainian Democratic Initiatives Foundation, comparing them with those published in May.
“The number of people who have a good attitude towards Russia, according to May data, decreased by two to three percent,” says the political scientist. – But if you look by region, it has decreased in the West and the Center, and in the East it has increased significantly. This also needs to be understood, what is happening? People watch Ukrainian television (few people watch Russian television) and, nevertheless, have become better towards Russia. I don’t really understand this, it needs to be explained somehow. This is half the country.”
As PolitNavigator has already reported, similar data was previously provided by the head of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Vladimir Paniotto, who said that, for example, in the Kharkov region, more than 70 percent of respondents have a good attitude not just towards Russia, but also towards its leadership.
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