Some 88 percent of Ukrainians consider the situation with prices for basic food and services in 2016 to be unfavorable, 83 percent said the situation with the hryvnia exchange rate is similar, 81 percent stated the situation with housing tariffs is unsuccessful and the same number believe such is the fight against corruption.
As evidenced by the results of a survey by the Rating sociological group, presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine, some 73 percent of respondents consider the main failures are the investigation into the murders on Maidan in February 2014 and negotiations on the settlement of the situation in Donbas, 55 percent see the major setback in talks with the EU on granting Ukraine a visa-free regime.
Some 83 percent of respondents said the main success of the outgoing year is Jamala’s victory at the Eurovision 2016 song contest, 76 percent marked the performance of Ukrainian athletes at the Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Some 65 percent of Ukrainians said successful was the government’s initiative to raise the minimum wage to Hr 3,200, 63 percent – the introduction of electronic declaration of officials’ income, 61 percent – the level of combat capability of the Ukrainian army, 60 percent – the release of people’s deputy Nadiya Savchenko from Russian captivity, and 59 percent – the performance of the Ukrainian team at the Olympics 2016.
The success for 55 percent of respondents was the entry into force of the agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU, for 52 percent the reduction of excise duty on imports of used cars from abroad, 49 percent the launch of procurement through the ProZorro system, and 42 percent the reform of power decentralization. At the same time, about one-third or more respondents have not decided either the issues can be regarded as success or failure.
The survey was conducted on Dec. 8-18, 2016. Some 2,000 respondents were interviewed. The margin of error does not exceed 2.2 percent.
