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14 of August, 19:31

Poll: overwhelming majority of Ukrainians support the country The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians voted for Ukraine's membership in NATO If a referendum on the issue was held in the country in July, informs on the last working day of the week the Fund " Democratic proposals Ilko Kucheriv ".

According to a survey of Fund in the country for a few years, greatly increased the number of supporters of NATO membership.

So, in 2012 for membership in the Alliance voted least 15%, 62% against.

"If a referendum was held in July 2015, he would have won convincingly:" for " voted least 64% of those who took part in it (28. 5% - against). However, these results are to a greater extent, the fact that the turnout in that referendum would be higher in those regions where mostly support NATO membership ", - is reported on the Internet representation of the Fund.

The Fund informs that the non-aligned status has largely lost its appeal, support for NATO, as the most reliable way to ensure security is very quickly increased from 13% in 2012 to 36% in July 2015. The number supporting the development of a military Alliance with Russia and other post-Soviet States has strongly decreased from 26% to 8%.

last year the Ukrainian authorities, who blame the Russian side in the conflict in the East of Ukraine, told that the resume course to join NATO.

The previous government Under Viktor Yanukovych maintained a policy of non-alignment, the head of the country Victor Yushchenko, who ruled the country until Yanukovych pursued the policy of joining NATO and sought action plan to provide the country with membership in the Alliance.

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