More than half of polled Ukrainians ready for street protests if life gets worse – poll

18:10, 19.10.2015 1 min read

Today's protest moods in Ukraine are comparable to those prior to the 2013-2014 Maidan demonstrations, says Oleksiy Antypovych, the head of Rating, a sociological survey group, based on the findings of a recent survey.

"Currently, 53% of Ukrainians are saying that in the event of significant deterioration of their existence, they are ready to protest in the streets, and 20% believe they are ready to tolerate a worse situation," Antypovych said during a presentation of the sociological survey of the electoral mood of the public in October 2015 at an Interfax press conference on Monday.

"Approximately the same figures were recorded in late 2013, when the Euromaidan was beginning (in December 2013, 50% were ready to protest and 29% could tolerate), he said.

"This goes to show that protest moods among Ukrainians remain fairly high," Antypovych said.

Rating interviewed 3,000 respondents aged 18 and above on October 3-12, 2015.