The war in eastern Ukraine is the country’s main problem, according to 61.3 percent of respondents surveyed by Center for Social and Marketing Research “SOCIS.”
Some 54.4 percent of respondents are concerned about low wages or pensions, and 53.1 percent are concerned about the increase of tariffs on housing and utilities services.
Some 26.5 percent of respondents said they are concerned about inflation and higher prices of essential goods, while 24 percent said they are concerned about bribery and corruption in the central government.
Some 20.5 percent see unemployment as the main problem, 14.2 percent corruption in courts, the police, and prosecutors’ offices, 12.4 percent the inaccessibility of quality healthcare, 10.4 percent the introduction of martial law, 5.3 percent the increased crime rate and danger in the streets, 3.4 percent unfavorable conditions for the development of small and medium-sized businesses, 2 percent the inaccessibility of quality education, and 1.5 percent the absence of freedom of speech and democracy, while 0.8 percent were undecided.
SOCIS polled 2,000 adults through standardized face-to-face, at-home interviews.
