{"id":30139,"date":"2014-05-08T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T05:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/05\/08\/chapter-1-ukraine-desire-for-unity-amid-worries-about-political-leadership-ethnic-conflict\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T00:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T05:11:32","slug":"chapter-1-ukraine-desire-for-unity-amid-worries-about-political-leadership-ethnic-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/chapter-1-ukraine-desire-for-unity-amid-worries-about-political-leadership-ethnic-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1.\u00a0Ukraine: Desire for Unity Amid Worries about Political Leadership, Ethnic Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainians widely agree that their country should remain a single, unified state. Only residents of Crimea are a clear exception, with overwhelming numbers backing secession and the new government in Simferopol. Yet, as much as Ukrainians outside Crimea desire unity, they also worry about the lack of national leadership and growing ethnic tensions. One of the more divisive issues in Ukraine concerns the legal status of the Russian language, with opinions in the country\u2019s west and east diverging on whether both Ukrainian and Russian should be officially recognized by the state. Russian-only speakers in the east, in particular, say Russian should have equal standing with the Ukrainian language.[1. numoffset=&#8221;2&#8243; For purposes of this report, the results are analyzed by three regions: The west, which includes the central region around Kyiv, as well as portions of the country that border Poland, Slovakia and Hungary; the east, which includes areas along the Black Sea and the border with Russia; and the territory of Crimea.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;not-a-house-further-divided-yet&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"not-a-house-further-divided-yet\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not a House Further Divided \u2013 \u00a0Yet<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30248\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dddfcb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dddfcb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"372\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-01.png?resize=313,372 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40176 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-01.png\" alt=\"Ukrainians Broadly Support Remaining One Country\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A broad majority of Ukrainians say their country should remain a unified state (77%). Fewer than two-in-ten (14%) believe that regions that want to leave should be allowed to secede.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support for maintaining Ukraine\u2019s borders is especially widespread in the country\u2019s west (93%). A majority of east Ukraine also wants to be one country (70%), including nearly six-in-ten Russian-only speakers (58%). Still, a significant minority of Russian-only speakers in the east support allowing regions to secede (27%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Crimea, just 12% say Ukraine should remain united, compared with 54% who say regions that want to leave should be allowed to secede, while 34% say they either don\u2019t know or do not want to offer an opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked specifically about the Crimean referendum on secession, majorities of Ukrainians believe it was not free and fair (60%) and say that the government in Kyiv (Kiev) should not recognize the results (57%).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30249\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ece8db\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ece8db;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"323\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-02.png?resize=312,323 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40168 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-02.png\" alt=\"Accept Results of Crimea Referendum?\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western Ukrainians are clearly unified in their opinions on Crimea. More than eight-in-ten (84%) say the referendum was not free and fair, and a roughly equal percentage (82%) says Kyiv should reject the results. Crimeans are also nearly unanimous, but in the opposite direction \u2013 91% say the referendum was fair and 88% say the government in Kyiv should recognize the results.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attitudes in the country\u2019s east, meanwhile, are more closely divided \u2013 35% say the referendum was fair, while 44% say it was not. Similarly, 40% in this region say Kyiv should affirm the outcome, but 41% disagree. Russian-only speakers in the east are especially likely to say the election was fair (51%) and should be recognized as legitimate (60%).<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;rising-concerns-about-ethnic-tensions&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"rising-concerns-about-ethnic-tensions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rising Concerns about Ethnic Tensions<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked their attitude toward different ethnic groups, overwhelming majorities in Ukraine say they have a favorable opinion of ethnic Ukrainians (96%), Jews (87%), Russians (84%) and Tatars (84%). With regard to ethnic Ukrainians, favorable attitudes are highly uniform across the territory of the country. Views toward ethnic Russians, however, are more positive in the country\u2019s east (93% favorable) than either the far west or center west (60% and 81% favorable, respectively).[3. The far west region includes the oblasts of: Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Ternopil, Volyn, and Zakarpattia. The center west region includes the oblasts of: Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kmelnytsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr.] Meanwhile, there are smaller differences by language, with Russian-only speakers more favorable toward ethnic Russians (94%) than either bilingual (85%) or Ukrainian-only speakers (73%).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30250\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f4f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f4f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"335\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-03.png?resize=422,335 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40158 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-03.png\" alt=\"Ukrainians\u2019 Concern about Ethnic Conflict Increasing\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, concern about ethnic conflict within Ukraine\u2019s borders has spiked in 2014. Overall, 73% of Ukrainians say ethnic conflict is a big problem in their country, including 40% who say it is a <em>very<\/em> big problem. In 2009, just 37% said such conflict was a big problem, including only 15% who thought it was a <em>very<\/em> big concern. Western Ukrainians (77% big problem) and those in the east (74%) are nearly equally worried about ethnic conflict in Ukraine. Among eastern Ukraine, Russian-only speakers and other language speakers, alike, express concern. Relatively few Crimeans, on the other hand, say they are plagued by ethnic conflict \u2013 just 32% think it is a big problem in Crimea.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also asked respondents about the \u201cRight Sector,\u201d a nationalist organization that played a major role in the Maidan protests and whose presence has sparked worries about anti-Semitism and racism in Ukraine. Barely two-in-ten Ukrainians (19%) say supporters of the Right Sector are having a good influence on the country, compared with almost two-thirds (65%) who say the organization is having a negative impact. Overall, few in the country\u2019s west (34%) or east (7%) give the Right Sector positive evaluations, although Ukrainians in the far west are somewhat more likely to describe the Right Sector as having a good influence (42%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these results suggest that Ukraine is not characterized by deep-seated ethnic hatreds, the politics of ethnic identity are still evident, especially on the question of whether the Russian language should share official status with Ukrainian. According to a 2012 law, regions in Ukraine with significant Russian populations are allowed to use Russian to conduct official government business. However, an attempt in the early days following President Viktor Yanukovych\u2019s removal from office to repeal the law has brought the status of the Russian language to the fore. Today, a bare majority of Ukrainians (54%) think both Ukrainian and Russian should be official languages, while 41% say Ukrainian should be the only legally-recognized language.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-04\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30251\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e4d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e4d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"387\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-04.png?resize=311,387 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40151 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-04.png\" alt=\"Deep Divide Over Official Language\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are clear and deep divides on this issue by regions and by language spoken. Among western Ukrainians, nearly two-thirds (66%) say Ukrainian should be the only official language, while just 30% say both Ukrainian and Russian. Support for a Ukrainian-only policy is widespread in the far west (79%), but a majority (56%) in the center west also agrees. In the east, opinion is the reverse \u2013 25% say just Ukrainian should be legally recognized, while 73% say both. Russian-only speakers in the east (86% both) are particularly supportive of both languages being legally recognized.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A broad majority of Crimeans (74%) say both Ukrainian and Russian should be official languages in Crimea. About two-in-ten (21%) say it should be Russian only and nearly no one says it should be Ukrainian only.<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;eastern-ukrainians-lack-faith-in-kyiv&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"eastern-ukrainians-lack-faith-in-kyiv\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eastern Ukrainians Lack Faith in Kyiv<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-05\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30252\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"276\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-05.png?resize=312,276 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40143 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-05.png\" alt=\"Easterners Unhappy with Kyiv\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a widespread desire for unity, there is little confidence among Ukrainians in the new government in Kyiv. Not including Crimea, a majority of Ukrainians (63%) say a lack of political leadership is a very big problem in their country. Eastern Ukrainians (71%) are much more concerned about inadequate political leadership than those in the country\u2019s west (55%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly four-in-ten Ukrainians (41%) say the government in Kyiv is having a good influence in the country, while 49% say the new government\u2019s impact is bad. Six-in-ten western Ukrainians think Kyiv is doing well, compared with just about a quarter of those in the country\u2019s east (24%). Russian-only speakers in the east (82% bad) are particularly sour on the new administration.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30253\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ede6d7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ede6d7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"345\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-06.png?resize=311,345 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40137 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-06.png\" alt=\"Does the Ukrainian Government Respect Personal Freedoms?\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainians are split on acting President Oleksandr Turchynov\u2019s performance \u2014 42% say his influence on the country is good while 46% say it is bad.[4. This question was not asked in Crimea.] Western Ukrainians (59%) give Turchynov much higher marks than easterners (27%). In the east, negative attitudes toward Turchynov are more concentrated among Russian-only speakers (82% bad influence).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to negative views of the current government, many Ukrainians doubt Kyiv\u2019s commitment to protecting citizens\u2019 rights. Overall, roughly a third of Ukrainians (34%) say the new government in Kyiv protects individuals\u2019 rights, while more than half (53%) say it does not. In the country\u2019s east, people are particularly skeptical \u2013 about two-in-ten (21%) say Kyiv respects personal freedoms, compared with nearly two-thirds (66%) who say it does not. Western Ukrainians, on the other hand, have a more positive image of the new regime, with half saying it respects personal rights, although about four-in-ten in the west (37%) disagree.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-07\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30254\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ece6d4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ece6d4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"346\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-07.png?resize=313,346 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40129 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-07.png\" alt=\"Will May 25th Presidential Election Be Fair?\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps due to a lack of confidence in the new political leadership and pervasive concerns about rights violations, fewer than half believe the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine will be fairly conducted. About four-in-ten (41%) say the vote is likely to be honest, while half say a fair election is unlikely. Western Ukrainians have much more faith that the approaching election will be fair (59%) than easterners (27%). In the east, Russian-only speakers are particularly skeptical about the upcoming election: just 19% say it will be fair, compared with 75% who say it will not.<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;crimeans-happy-with-simferopol-critical-of-kyiv&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"crimeans-happy-with-simferopol-critical-of-kyiv\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crimeans Happy with Simferopol, Critical of Kyiv<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/05\/08\/despite-concerns-about-governance-ukrainians-want-to-remain-one-country\/pg-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-08\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30255\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efefef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efefef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"248\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-08.png?resize=313,248 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-40120 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/05\/PG-2014-05-08-ukraine-russia-1-08.png\" alt=\"Crimeans Satisfied with Government\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crimeans are very satisfied with the leadership in Simferopol. Roughly eight-in-ten (83%) say Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov is having a good influence on the way things are going in Crimea. Similarly, 82% give the government in Simferopol high marks.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of Crimeans (65%) also say the self-defense forces have had a positive impact on Crimea. Self-defense forces played a major role in the events leading up to the referendum vote in Crimea. On April 17, Russian President Putin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/18\/world\/europe\/russia-ukraine.html\">said<\/a> he had sent the Russian military into Crimea to support the self-defense forces prior to the election.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In stark contrast, Crimeans are extremely critical of the government in Kyiv. Fewer than one-in-ten (7%) think the Ukrainian government respects personal freedoms. And just two-in-ten say the upcoming elections for the next administration in Kyiv will be conducted fairly.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainians widely agree that their country should remain a single, unified state. Only residents of Crimea are a clear exception, with overwhelming numbers backing secession and the new government in Simferopol. Yet, as much as Ukrainians outside Crimea desire unity, they also worry about the lack of national leadership and growing ethnic tensions. One of 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