This thesis is especially unpopular in the east of the country.
The majority of Ukrainians, namely 67%, believe that there are no problems between Ukrainian-speaking and Russian-speaking citizens in Ukraine . Such data of the sociological poll were published by the “Rating” group.
Thus, 19% of Ukrainians believe that the language problem exists, but it is not so important and only 12% believe, however, that this issue is a threat to internal security.
Interestingly, theses about the existence of a problem in the language sphere are not popular among the Russian-speaking population, but in the western regions, where Ukrainian dominates in all spheres.
At the same time, according to a preliminary study, only 2% of Ukrainians believe that Russia came to protect Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, the rest reject this myth.
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The poll was conducted by the sociological group “Rating” on March 19, 2022 among the population of Ukraine aged 18 and older in all areas except the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbass. The sample is representative by age, sex and type of settlement among 1000 respondents. Survey method: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews). Error of representativeness of the study with a confidence level of 0.95: not more than 3.1%.
