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• 6% of respondents said that a normal political process is taking place in the country, and another 5% noted significant political transformations.
• On the other hand, more than one third said that chaos and a power vacuum have begun in Ukraine, and the same share feel that the country is in a state of acute political crisis.
• Urban residents place the greatest blame for the political crisis on V. Yushchenko. This view is held by 28% of respondents.

• In Ternopil, Lutsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk, support for BYuT is higher than the combined support for all other political forces. The lowest rating of BYuT is in Rivne, at 32%.
• Second place in the West is shared by Narodnyi soiuz “Nasha Ukraina” and VO “Svoboda”. NSNU is ahead of “Svoboda” in Lutsk, Rivne, and Ivano-Frankivsk, while the opposite situation is observed in Lviv and Ternopil.
• It is interesting that respondents’ confidence that VO “Svoboda” is capable of improving their lives is twice as high as their willingness to support this political force. The obvious reason is uncertainty about whether “Svoboda” will pass the 3% threshold.

• 53% of residents of Rivne are satisfied with the work of the Head of the Regional State Administration Viktor Matchuk, 36% with the Head of the Regional Council Oleksandr Danylchuk, and 36% with the Acting Head of the City Council O. Khmyletskyi.
• The worst attitudes toward local leaders (among residents of the five western regional capitals) are in Lutsk, where 49% are dissatisfied with the activities of Governor M. Romaniuk, 56% with the Head of the Regional Council A. Hrytsiuk, and 66% with Mayor B. Shyba.

• A relative majority of respondents in five western regional capitals would vote in a referendum in favor of joining NATO. The highest support for Euro-Atlantic integration is in Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk — about two thirds — while the lowest is in Rivne, at 39%.
• At the same time, fewer than 5% of respondents believe that orientation toward the United States can ensure Ukraine’s best strategic development. According to about 60% of respondents, the best vector for Ukraine is orientation toward Europe.

Only one in seven respondents gives a positive assessment of the actions of the Cabinet of Ministers. 58% of citizens are dissatisfied with the work of the Tymoshenko government (in January this figure was 19%). The majority of respondents do not believe either in the full return of Oschadbank deposits in 2008–2009, or in the abolition of military conscription, or in overcoming inflation.

52% of respondents do not approve of the decrease in the US dollar exchange rate that took place at the end of May. Only 20% consider this decision to be effective. According to the majority of respondents, this decision was driven more by the situation inside the country than by external factors.

• Almost 20% of respondents nationwide consider L. Chernovetskyi the best candidate for the position of Mayor of Kyiv.
• Second place in a nationwide mayoral election would go to V. Klychko with 15%.
• Third place would be shared by O. Turchynov and O. Omelchenko with 7% each.

One third of respondents said this does not matter to them or were unable to answer this question.

Support for the parliament’s decision to hold a new election for the Mayor of Kyiv declined over the course of a month from 52% to 39%. At the same time, 47% of respondents consider Yuliia Tymoshenko’s push for calling early elections in the capital to have been a mistake. As a result, 39% of respondents said they were ready to vote for Leonid Chernovetskyi, 15% for his closest challenger Vitalii Klychko, and 12% for Oleksandr Turchynov.

It is noteworthy that half of respondents in Lviv are categorical opponents of abortions, while only one in five supports them.

44% of respondents in Lviv think that Lviv will manage to get ready for the Euro 2012 Championship. At the same time, in October 2007 almost twice as many respondents — 81% — believed that Euro 2012 matches would take place. Moreover, according to a relative majority of Lviv residents surveyed, their city is the one best able to host the Euro 2012 Championship.

Most Ukrainians described the Bucharest NATO Summit as a defeat for Ukraine. One third assessed the results of the summit as a victory for Ukraine in its продвиження toward the Alliance. About 40% of respondents named Ukrainians’ negative attitude toward NATO membership as the main reason for Ukraine not being granted a MAP.

• 18% of residents of the city of Lviv fully approve of the dismissal of P. Oliinyk, which is one and a half times higher than in Lviv Oblast overall.
  At the same time, one third of residents of the oblast are indifferent to the governor’s dismissal, and another 20% have not made up their minds.
• About 20% of respondents both in Lviv city and in the oblast as a whole positively assessed the appointment of M. Kmit as Acting Governor, while about 10% evaluated it negatively. The rest of the respondents either could not answer or said they were indifferent.

Almost two thirds of respondents said that they follow political news. At the same time, only 28% of those surveyed understand what is actually happening in politics. Lack of understanding of political developments is most widespread in the Center (72%) and in Donbas (77%).

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Half of Ukrainians support Ukraine’s accession to the WTO, while one quarter of respondents do not support joining the WTO. The main positive expectations associated with WTO accession mentioned by respondents were an inflow of foreign investment into the country and a reduction in unemployment. At the same time, in most cases respondents fear that domestic producers would turn out to be uncompetitive.

Twice as few respondents assess the government’s performance negatively. The greatest expectations from the new government are associated with stopping inflation and returning the devalued savings held in Oshchadbank.