More than a quarter of Ukrainians believe that it is necessary to reduce the powers of the president, according to a poll conducted by the Social Monitoring Center and the Oleksandr Yaremenko Ukrainian Institute for Social Research.

According to the results of the social research, presented in Kyiv on Thursday, 46% of respondents answered that the president's powers should be left unchanged, 29% of them consider they should be reduced, 14% of them think they should be increased, while 11% found it difficult to answer the relevant question.

In addition, 45% of respondents believe that the further development of Ukraine lies in the development and implementation of economic and cultural development, primarily focused on internal capabilities and resources, 41% - in European integration and rapprochement of the country with the European Union, 10% - in restoration and the expansion of relations with Russia, despite the occupation of Crimea and parts of Donbas, and 4% of respondents found it difficult to answer.

The survey was conducted by personal interview method on September 11-18, 2018. Some 2,007 respondents aged over 18 were interviewed in 24 regions of the country. The margin of error is 1.34-2.24%.