Serhiy Nabok, development manager

Serhiy Nabok

“Absolutely not. I don’t think he is doing everything he can, and not only in regard to the EU association agreement. I think he is doing everything he can to protect personal and family interests, and this applies to all aspects of Ukrainian public life.

Natalia Shiriya, accountant

Natalia Shiriya

“No, I think the party itself is just not honest or truthful, as everyone can see.”

Svitlana Shurina, retired

Svitlana Shurina

“I think they are being sneaky. They just want to join the (Russian-led) customs union and that (EU association agreement) is just for show… Yanukovych wants to be the big czar.”

Victor Molo­derenko, retired

Victor Molo­derenko

“If the president wanted to sign the association agreement he would have done it long ago. To do that, he would first have to let Yulia Volodimirovna (Tymoshenko) out, but he doesn’t want that and will wait until the very summit.”

Oleksander Pohre­beshniy, economist

Oleksander Pohre­beshniy

“I think he genuinely wants to sign the agreement, he has been talking about it since he has come to power.  The question is not what is holding him back but who… We are afraid of what Russia is going to say, because it can do a lot of harm if it wanted to. There are also a lot of politicians who do not want us to join the EU, but want us moving towards Russia.”