Paul
Goble
Staunton, July 21 – Even if such
steps would bring peace, Ukrainians oppose giving special status to the
Russian-controlled Donbas 56.1 percent to 26.4 percent and transforming their
country into a federal state as a whole 59.1 percent to 21 percent, according
to a new poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
The agency surveyed 2044 people in
110 population points throughout Ukraine except in Russian-occupied Crimea and
the Donbas. The margin of error, the sociologists said, does not exceed 3.3
percent (nr2.ru/News/Kiev_and_regions/Opros-Ukraincy-ne-gotovy-otdavat-Donbass-i-Krym-radi-mira-101844.html).
In this way, Ukrainians have
rejected the steps Moscow has pushed for, the West has promoted, and their
president Petro Poroshenko has been pushing through as amendments to the
Ukrainian Constitution. Their opinion should be determinative except for those
who believe that decisions about Ukraine should be taken without reference to
Ukraine.
Ukrainians were also asked what
other steps they might agree to in exchange for peace with Russia:
·
Exchanging
Crimea for peace: 33.3 percent agree; 50.6 percent do not.
·
Handing
over the Donbas to Russia for peace: 15.3 percent agree; 72.1 percent do not.
·
Recognizing
“the People’s Republics” for peace: 18.7 percent agree; 63.7 percent do not.
·
Giving
Russia all the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine along the Dniepr for
peace: 5.8 percent agree; 83.7 percent do not.
·
End
the pursuit of European integration for the sake of peace: 33.9 percent agree;
48.8 percent do not.
·
Enter
the Russian-dominated Customs Union to end the war: 28 percent agree; 50.6
percent do not.
·
End
the pursuit of NATO membership for peace: 40.7 percent agree; 41 percent do
not.
·
Offer
the Russian language the status of a second state language: 47.7 percent agree;
38 percent do not.
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