Not Zelensky: whom Ukrainians trust the most now (opinion poll)
26 June 2024 19:28
The majority of Ukrainians (78.5% of respondents) do not trust the state apparatus in Ukraine. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre in June 2024, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".
Among state and public institutions, the most trusted are:
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine (90% of respondents trust them),
- volunteer organisations (81%),
- volunteer battalions (80%),
- State Emergency Service (79%),
- National Guard of Ukraine (75%),
- State Border Guard Service (71%),
- church (63%),
- Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (61%),
- Security Service of Ukraine (61%),
- civil society organisations (56.5%),
- the head of the city (town, village) where the respondent lives (51%),
- the President of Ukraine (50%).
Also, more often people express trust than distrust in the National Police of Ukraine (49% and 43% respectively) and the National Bank of Ukraine (48% and 42% respectively).
Trust and distrust are expressed in the council of the city (town, village) where the respondent lives (45% and 46% respectively) and in the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) (39% and 39% respectively) to approximately the same extent.
The majority of respondents express distrust in the state apparatus (officials) (78.5% do not trust), political parties (77.5%), the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (76%), courts (the judicial system in general) (73%), and the Government of Ukraine (73%), The Prosecutor’s Office (64%), the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (63%), the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (62%), the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (62%), and commercial banks (58%). The Ukrainian media is not trusted by 50% of respondents. Trade unions are also more often distrusted than trusted (49% distrust them, while 25% trust them).
Half of the respondents do not trust the media.
The current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is trusted by 54%, down from 69% in January.
In addition, the majority of respondents do not trust Y. Tymoshenko (80%), O. Arestovych (80%), Y. Boyko (77%), M. Bezuhlya (68%), P. Poroshenko (67%), R. Stefanchuk (64%). D. Arakhamia (62%), D. Shmyhal (57%).
