Two recent public opinion polls have highlighted quite revealing results about populations living in Belarus and Ukraine. First, according to the Ukrainian polling firm Rating, the opinions of Ukrainians about Belarus are overwhelmingly positive. In the separatist areas of Donbas (the eastern Ukrainian region encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces), opinions of Belarus are even higher than opinions of Russia. Specifically, 44 percent of respondents have “very warm” or “warm” feelings about Belarus, whereas 42 percent entertain “neutral” feelings, and 6 percent “negative” feelings. At the same time, their attitude toward Russia is positive in 39 percent of cases; but …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
