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23.08.2001, Population Poll

World Leaders: Leonid Kuchma

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA: DO YOU TRUST OR DISTRUST HIM?

AND DO YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE LEONID KUCHMA AS A POLITICIAN?

THE UKRAINIAIN OPPOSITION DEMANDS THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA. WHAT DO YOU THINK RUSSIA'S STAND SHOULD BE ON THIS ISSUE: SHOULD IT SUPPORT KUCHMA, SUPPORT THE UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION, OR SHOULD IT STAND ASIDE AND NOT INTERFERE IN THE SITUATION

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT LEONID KUCHMA, WHAT DO YOU RECALL WHEN YOU HEAR HIS NAME?



General Opinion

(% of those surveyed in Russia)

Negative appraisals

16

General negative appraisals

9

  • "I start shivering when I hear about him, I can't bear him at all"; "all negative emotions"; "I don't like him"; "he is a skunk"; "he makes me crazy.»

Liar, cunning

2

  • "Resourceful, cunning"; "a liar"; "a vile person.»

Thief, bandit

2

  • "A swipe"; "a swindler and a thief"; "a charlatan.»

Stupid, not far-sighted

1

  • "A fool"; "an illiterate political leader"; "stupid"; "not very clever.»

Inactive, non-effective

1

  • "His promises during the pre-electoral campaign do not correspond to reality"; "too talkative.»

Other negative characteristics

2

  • "Unreliable political leader"; "ambitious"; "mean"; "willful"; "changeable"; "a sponger.»

Associations with Ukraine

9

Associations with Ukraine in general

3

  • "I remember Ukraine.»

Poverty of people

3

  • "He made poverty in Ukraine – which used to be our granary"; "there is no happiness in Ukraine, people are in trouble; unemployment"; "hunger, lost tourist connections.»

Murder of journalist

1

  • "The scandal with murder of a journalist in Ukraine.»

Persecution of Russians

1

  • "The ban on speaking Russian in Ukraine"; "persecution of Russian people in Ukraine"; "I'm sorry for the Russians who live there.»

Tense political situation

1

  • "Agitation and indignation in Ukraine"; "meetings in Ukraine"; "tense political situation.»

Head of the state

4

  • "The president of Ukraine"; "the main person in that country"; "leader.»

Political position

4

Position in respect to Russia

3

  • "He is hostile to Russia and doesn't want friendship"; "his lack of decency, two-faced attitude to Russia.»

Position in respect to the West

1

  • "He is against Russia and closer to the West, he is going to enter NATO"; "he betrayed Ukraine to the US.»

Positive appraisals

3

General positive appraisals

2

  • "A positive man"; "a good man"; "in general we like him.»

Positive qualities

1

  • "He is intelligent, he does everything, does what he promises"; "a kind person.»

Other associations

1

  • "A yellow-blue flag"; "jokes about Kuchma"; "I used to study with a man of the same surname at school"; "potatoes"; "a picture in Azbuka, the ABC-book, which is published in Ukraine"; "something from the Brezhnev's times"; "Independence Day, visit of the Pope of Rome.»

Associations with USSR

1

  • "Disintegration of USSR"; "I think at once about USSR.»

Appearance

1

  • "Little and bald-headed"; "sleek hair-cut"; "his appearance"; "I remember a grey suit"; "his smiling face"; "not charming.»

Associations with the Crimea

<1

No response, wrong responses

61

Nation-wide surveys conducted in 100 residencies in 44 regions, territories and republics. Household interviews August 18-19 2001. A sample size of 1500 respondents.



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