Almost fifty percent of Ukrainians believe the likely beginning of the 3rd " Maidan ", but the overwhelming majority are not ready to participate in the new protests, it follows from the results of research conducted by the company Research & Branding group c 26 January to 6 February.
In the fall of 2013 in Ukraine were launched numerous protests disagrees with the decision of the authorities to stop for a while preparations for the signing of the Treaty of Union with the EU, which eventually led to the coup d'etat in the country and was named " euromayday ". The first numerous protests in Ukraine were held in 2004: the so-called " orange revolution brought to power of Viktor Yushchenko. The rallies were held on the Central square of Kiev - Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square), for this reason they are called " streets ".
according to those studies, 49% of respondents consider it likely that the third " Maidan ", 32% do not believe it, 19% were undecided. While 64% do not see the need for the 3rd " Maidan ", 21% believe that it is needed. At the same time 67% of respondents said that they were not ready to participate in the new protests, ready to participate in 20%, and 13% were undecided.
in the study, were interviewed 1, 5 thousand people in 22 provinces, with the exception of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The margin of sampling error does not exceed 3%.
Ukraine is now in a severe political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The government to stabilize the situation was forced to go on the reduction of social spending, freeze minimum wages and pensions. In addition, the national currency of Ukraine is hryvnia for one year fell by more than 3 times.
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