In the opinion of the experts, the questioning of the pupils in schools about "Media literacy, democratic values and social activity of school students", that has caused a discussion on social networks, is not manipulative, but rather unprofessionally conducted.

Iryna Bekeshkina, CEO of “Demokratychi initsiatyvy” Fund (Democratic Initiatives), and Volodymyr Paniotto, CEO of KIIS, gave the comments about the formulations` correctness in the questionnaire for the pupils of 7-9 and 10-11 grades (school years of studying) that was conducted by “SocioInform” Center on the request of MYMEDIA.

An unexpected outcome of the elections in the USA showed that even in the democratic countries, data of the public opinion polls may unreliably reflect the real situation. In an interview to the TV-channel UKRLIFE.TV Volodymyr Paniotto, Ph.D., CEO of Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, professor of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", explained why the opinion polls were wrong during the elections in the US.

According to a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology in September 2016, about half of the population of Ukraine (46%) consider Ukraine's accession to the EU to be the necessary direction of integration, while 13% of the residents support the accession to the Customs Union with Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia. However, almost a third of the population (30%) is set against the EU and against the Customs Union and considers that Ukraine should take an independent way without joining any of these unions.

On October 25th, 2016, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the results of its survey about the relationship of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with their host communities in Ukraine. The presentation was held at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center in Kyiv. Survey was done on behalf of Internews with the financial support of 

the Government of Canada provided through the Global Affairs Canada.

The attitude of the population of Ukraine toward Russia did not change much, while the attitude of the population of Russia toward Ukraine became worse over the past 6 months. The amount of those Ukrainians who have positive attitude toward Russia decreased by 5 percentage points over the past 2 months what is statistically insignificant (from 42% in May to 40% in September), at the same time in Russia positive attitude over this period decreased by 13 percentage points (from 39% in May to 26% in September). The amount of those Ukrainians who prefer borders with Russia to be closed increased comparing to May 2016 (from 44% to 48%). The amount of those who support this idea in Russia also increased (from 36% to 39%).