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results were rather close. While 65% of Russians regret the collapse of the USSR, 26% do not regret it (as previously mentioned, the ratio in Ukraine was 50% vs. 33.5%).
Half of respondents (50.5%) believe that Ukraine will gain victory over Russia, ​while 10.3% are convinced that Russia will win. ​With an expanded wording, only 37.2% believe that Ukraine will gain victory over Russia because Russia is a weak backward state, while the whole civilized world stands with Ukraine. 31.2% chose the answer that Ukraine will never win over Russia because Ukraine is much politically and economically weaker, according to Deputy Director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Anton Hrushetsky.
46% of adults polled say Ukraine should join the EU, and 42% say Ukraine should join NATO.​ By contrast, 13% say Ukraine should join the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union and 12% say Ukraine should join Moscow’s Collective Security Treaty Organization. If offered a foreign passport, 11% say they would move to the US or the EU. Only 6% said they would move to Russia. Offered a hypothetical moving ‘bonus’ of $100,000, the portion agreeing to move to Russia rose to 11%.
Several parties have become competitive​, according to the same poll. Among the rising parties is Strength and Honor, which enjoys 6.9% support and is led by former Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Head Ihor Smeshko. It's actively promoted on television by Kyiv media star Dmitry Gordon and has a pro-NATO position. The poll-oriented Radical Party has 4.9% support. It was launched by Oleh Liashko, who announced on June 5 that he will compete for the parliamentary mandate vacated by Valeriy Davydenko, who is believed to have been murdered on May 23. The nationalist Freedom party would earn 4.7% in a parliamentary vote. The poll was conducted between April 26 and 30 among 1,507 respondents.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitshcko announced on his Facebook page on June 5 that he has declined the invitation of former President Poroshenko to compete for re-election in October with the European Solidarity party. Instead, he said he will compete in the October local elections representing the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform party that he created. The party will also compete for the Kyiv City Council, he said.
24​ UKRAINE Country Report​ July 2020 ​ ​www.intellinews.com