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“Approval Ratings in Ukraine, Russia Highlight Differences". Gallup Poll.
Worldwide low 4% of Ukrainians approve of their country’s leadershipby
Julie Ray and Neli Esipova

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eighty-five percent of Ukrainians in May told Gallup they disapprove of the job performance of their country’s leadership, up from 75% in 2008 and 73% in 2007. The 4% of Ukrainians who approve is not only the lowest rating Gallup has ever measured in former Soviet countries, but also the lowest in the world.

Yushchenko’s 7% approval rating is less than half of the 17% he garnered in 2008. (Gallup did not ask Ukrainians to rate Tymoshenko in 2008.) The prime minister’s current 20% approval is nearly three times higher than the president’s rating, which could be relevant to their chances when they run against each other in Ukraine’s presidential election in five months. Analysts suggest that low approval could give outside candidates an advantage in January

Russians’ approval ratings of their prime minister and president again contrast the situation in Ukraine – one acrimonious and the other a “tandem.” More than two-thirds of Russians approve of President Dmitry Medvedev (68%) and more than three in four approve of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (77%).

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