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Ukrainian attitudes towards Russia
Opinion October June September November September January April Mar– June
2008[243] 2009[259] 2009[245] 2009[246] 2011[247] 2012[247] 2013[260] Jun 2015[262]
2014[261]
Good 88% 91% 93% 96% 80% 86% 70% 35% 21%
Negative 9% - - - 13% 9% 12% 60% 72%
A poll released on 5 November 2009 showed that about 67% of Ukrainians believed the
relationship with Russia should be a friendship between "two independent states". [246] According
to a 2012 poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), 72% of Ukrainians preferred
Ukraine and Russia as independent but friendly states with open borders without visas or
customs; the number of unification supporters shrunk by 2% to 14% in Ukraine. [255]
In December 2014, 85% of Ukrainians (81% in eastern regions) rated relations with Russia as
hostile (56%) or tense (29%), according to a Deutsche Welle survey which did not include
Crimea and the separatist-controlled part of Donbass.[263] Gallup reported that 5% of Ukrainians
(12% in the south and east) approved of the Russian leadership in a September–October 2014
survey, down from 43% (57% in the south and east) a year earlier. [264]
In September 2014, a survey by Alexei Navalny of the mainly Russophone cities
of Odessa and Kharkiv found that 87% of residents wanted their region to stay in Ukraine, 3%
wanted to join Russia, 2% wanted to join "Novorossiya," and 8% were undecided. [265] A KIIS poll
conducted in December 2014 found 88.3% of Ukrainians were opposed to joining Russia. [266]
According to Al Jazeera, "A poll conducted in 2011 showed that 49% of Ukrainians had relatives
living in Russia. ... a recent [March 2019] poll conducted by the independent Russian research
centre "Levada" shows that 77% of Ukrainians and 82% of Russians think positively of each
other as people."[267]
Treaty between the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR (Kyiv, 19 November
1990) (surpassed by the treaty of 1997)[273]
o ratified by the Supreme Council of the Russian SFSR (23 November
1990)[273]
o ratified by the Supreme Council of Ukraine (1990) "yes": 352, "nay": 0 [273]
Belavezha Accords (8 December 1991)
Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances (5 December 1994)
o Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the
subsequent War in Donbas in 2014, Ukraine,[135] the US,[274][275] Canada,
[276]
the UK,[277] along with other countries,[278] stated that Russian
involvement is a breach of its obligations to Ukraine under the Budapest
Memorandum, a Memorandum signed by Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin, John
Major, and Leonid Kuchma,[279][280] and in violation of Ukrainian sovereignty
and territorial integrity.
Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet (Kyiv, 28 May
1997)[34]
o ratified by the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (2 March
1999)
o the State Duma approved the denunciation of the treaty unanimously by
433 members of parliament on 31 March 2014. [281]
Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership Between the Russian Federation
and Ukraine (Kyiv, 31 May 1997)[282]
Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of
the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait (2003)
2010 Kharkiv Pact
o both the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments did ratify the agreement on
27 April 2010[99]
o the State Duma approved the denunciation of the treaty unanimously by
433 members of parliament on 31 March 2014 [281]
Ukraine (has also) terminated several treaties and agreement with Russia since the start of
the 2014 Crimea crisis (for example agreements in the military and technical cooperation sphere
signed in 1993).[283][284]
In December 2019, Ukraine and Russia agreed to implement a complete ceasefire in eastern
Ukraine by the year-end. The negotiations were brokered by France and Germany, where the
countries in conflict committed an extensive prisoner swap along with withdrawal of Ukraine's
military from three major regions falling on the front line. [285]
Territorial disputes
Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, is shown in pink. Pink in the Donbass area represents areas held
by the DPR/LPR separatists in September 2014 (cities in red)