On July 6 at the round table Volodymyr Paniotto, CEO of KIIS, and Maryna Shpiker, KIIS junior research fellow, presented data of the representative sociological study in Donetsk oblast` (region) that was held by KIIS on the request of Humanitarian center “Dopomozhemo”.

According to the latest KIIS study, attitudes of the Ukrainians toward Russia split almost equally: share of those who are positively minded to Russia (42%) and share of those who feel bad about it (43%) are the same, the difference is not statistically significant. Also 67% of the Ukrainians hold a positive attitude toward residents of Russia, and 8% - toward the leadership of Russia. According to a parallel studies by KIIS and Levada Center, attitudes of the Ukrainians toward Russia and of the Russians toward Ukraine became more positive. However, the Ukrainians` attitude toward Russia is better than the attitude of the Russians toward Ukraine.

• The majority of the Ukrainians believes that government leads the state in wrong direction, and negatively evaluates the activities of the central authorities.

• Most of the residents believe that the conflict in the East of Ukraine should be resolved via international peace talks.

• The most popular option of foreign policy vector is membership in the European Union but now it is supported by less than a half of the population. Perspective of membership in the Customs union receives only 12% of support.

• NATO membership is supported by 44%, and 38% of the Ukrainians are against it.

From October through December 2015, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology conducted a survey of members of the Ukrainian Parliament elected on October 26, 2014 at a pre-term parliamentary election. This eigth Parliament assumed its legal authority on November 27, 2014.