Blue &Yellow: Politics and Economics in Ukraine

While the recent protests about the economic crisis were small (around 1,000 protesters), there is evidence that the people will go out onto the streets if things worsen economically. As reported in the Kyiv Post, a large percentage of the population have a negative outlook on the economy.

94.6 percent of Ukrainians polled by the Social Research Centre Sofia regard current economic situation in the country as bad, indicate outcome of the poll carried out by the centre.

The pollees were asked to estimate the economic situation in Ukraine.

So, 58.6 percent of them think it is bad, 36 percent thinks it is rather bad than good.

At the same time 0.3 percent of the respondents said the situation is good, 3.6 percent said it is rather good than bad.