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People in Ukraine most of all trust volunteers (65.5 percent), the Church (56.9 percent), and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (53.1 percent), a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology has shown.

According to the results of the poll that were announced at a press conference at the Kyiv-based Interfax- Ukraine news agency, 55.5 percent of those polled do not trust the president of Ukraine, 26.1 percent are more likely not to trust him, 10.3 percent are likely to trust him, and only 2 percent trust him in full.

52.2 percent of those polled do not trust the prime minister of Ukraine, 30.1 percent are more likely not to trust him, 10.7 percent are likely to trust him, and only 1.7 percent trust him in full.

59.8 percent of those polled do not trust the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 30.4 percent are more likely not to trust the parliament, 5.3 percent are likely to trust it, and only 0.6 percent trust it in full.

At the same time, 41.1 percent of those polled are more likely to trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 12 percent trust them in full, and 37.8 percent do not trust them to various degree.

Some 25.3 percent of those polled said they trust the National Police of Ukraine and 64.7 percent said they do not. Some 62.6 percent of those polled do not trust the SBU for various reasons and 24.2 percent trust them to some degree. Some 77.8 percent of those polled do not trust the Prosecutor General’s Office and 11.2 percent trust it. The NABU is trusted by some 72.1 percent of those polled and not trusted by 10.8 percent.

According to the results of the poll, most Ukrainians (84.6 percent) do not trust the judicial system in Ukraine and only 6 percent trust it.

Also, only 29.2 percent of those polled said they trust the media to a certain degree and 60.2 percent said they do not.

In addition, most of those polled (65.5 percent) said they trust volunteers and 20.9 percent said they do not.

Some 56.9 percent of those polled said they trust the Church and 25.9 percent said they do not.

The poll was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology from November 23 to December 3, 2018. A total of 2,000 people were polled in 110 towns across Ukraine except for Crimea and the occupied territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The statistical error of the sampling is no more than 3.3 percent for figures close to 50 percent, 2.8 percent for figures close to 25 percent, 2 percent for figures close to 10 percent, and 1.4 percent for figures close to 5 percent.