JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine president looses public support, poll says” – bne Intellinews

June 27, 2018 JRL Russia List JRL NewsBlog, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

“[With Ukraine scheduling a presidential election for March 2019,] … Poroshenko … popularity [is declining], according to … [a] Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) [poll]. … Yulia Tymoshenko … [has] 22.8% support among decided voters. … followed by former defence minister Anatoliy Grytsenko (16%), populist Oleh Lyashko (13.2%), pro-Russian opposition leader Yuriy Boyko (10.6%) and Petro Poroshenko (10.5%). * * * … 83.7%[] are dissatisfied with the direction the country is heading …. 43.7% support EU integration … 41.1% support [NATO] integration …. The poll [was] financed by Ukrainian and Western sources ….”