RUSSIA THE EURASIAN CUSTOMS UNION AND THE EU COOPERATION STAGNATION OR RIVALRY?

PUBLIC OPINION
Personal experience of visiting any of the EU countries
All those
polled
Personal experience of a long stay in any of the EU countries
All those
polled
Relatives or friends who have the experience of visiting
or long stay in the EU countries
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Those
undecided
Yes 43.6 58.2 35.1 36.1
No 55.0 40.8 63.6 62.0
Hard to say 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.9
Relatives or friends who now live in the EU countries
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Those
undecided
Yes 28.1 41.7 17.1 23.5
No 70.0 57.3 80.4 74.2
Hard to say 1.9 1.0 2.4 2.3
There are proponents of integration in the EU,
and no supporters of joining the CU
Strong
proponents of
accession to
the Customs
Union
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Relatives or friends who have the experience of visiting
or long stay in the CU countries
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Those
undecided
Yes 59.7 62.0 66.4 52.1
No 38.9 37.3 32.3 45.8
Hard to say 1.4 0.7 1.2 2.1
Relatives or friends who now live in the CU countries
Proponents of integration in the EU or the Customs Union among friends or relatives
All those
polled
Those
undecided
Yes 21.1 33.5 12.8 15.6
No 77.9 65.6 86.7 82.7
Hard to say 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.7
Those
undecided
Yes 4.0 6.5 2.1 3.0
No 94.5 92.2 96.9 95.0
Hard to say 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.9
UKRAINE
Strong Strong
proponents proponents
of accession of accession
to the EU to the CU
Personal experience of visiting any of the CU countries
Those
undecided
All those
polled
Personal experience of a long stay in any of the CU countries
All those
polled
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents of
accession to
the Customs
Union
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
REGIONS
Those
undecided
Yes 48.1 44.1 61.0 41.6
No 50.9 55.2 38.1 56.8
Hard to say 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.7
Those
undecided
Yes 10.3 6.8 16.6 8.8
No 88.3 92.2 81.8 89.6
Hard to say 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.5
Those
undecided
Yes 52.4 50.1 63.4 46.0
No 45.7 48.7 34.7 51.4
Hard to say 1.9 1.1 1.9 2.6
West Centre South East
15.6 36.5 1.6 6.3 40.2 13.1 3.3 9.0
There are proponents of integration in the CU,
and no supporters of joining the EU
There are both proponents of integration
in the EU and the Customs Union
There are no proponents of integration
either in the EU or the Customs Union
Hard to say / never talked to my friends
or relatives about that
11.5 3.4 28.5 5.9 2.5 7.6 16.7 18.4
38.9 40.3 40.4 36.4 32.8 43.9 53.1 31.1
9.4 4.4 7.9 15.3 6.9 12.3 6.2 9.3
24.6 15.3 21.7 36.0 17.6 23.1 20.7 32.2
Assessment of developments
in Ukraine
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Those
undecided
In the right direction 16.8 11.8 25.6 14.7
In a wrong direction 65.7 73.9 59.9 62.5
Hard to say 17.5 14.3 14.5 22.9
Assessment of the policy pursued by
Ukraine’s leadership
All those
polled
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the EU
Strong
proponents
of accession
to the CU
Those
undecided
They are leading the country
to the EU
22.3 45.2 10.1 9.7
They are leading the country
to the CU
10.4 4.5 25.2 4.3
They are pushing for integration
in both directions
20.1 14.8 23.6 22.7
They are leading the country
neither to the EU nor to the CU
27.2 22.3 22.0 35.9
Hard to say 20.1 13.2 19.1 27.5
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