Attitudes towards Russia: Monitoring of Public Opinion in Ukraine (2008-2022)

Since 2008, KIIS has been tracking public opinion in Ukraine regarding Russia by asking the question 'What is your general attitude towards Russia now?' with a 4-point scale from 'very good' to 'very bad.' To gain a deeper understanding of the situation, every few years the surveys also included additional questions about attitudes towards Russians (residents of Russia) and the Russian leadership. Each survey wave in Ukraine was carried out on a sample representative of Ukraine's adult population (aged 18 and older), with an average sample size of about 2,000 respondents.

The merged dataset contains data from 49 waves of the survey conducted in Ukraine from 2008 to 2022 with a total of 98,575 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data enable tracking Ukrainian public opinion regarding Russia for the period of 14 years, from 2008 to 2022, both among the population as a whole and among its different subpopulations.