The level of trust of Ukrainians in officials and politicians remains low - Razumkov Center
Kyiv • UNN
According to a study by the Razumkov Center, Ukrainians mostly do not trust politicians and officials. Volodymyr Zelenskyy retains the most trust (60%), and Oleksiy Arestovych has the least (88%).
As of today, Ukrainians have generally lost confidence in the political elite of our country and high-ranking officials. Only President Volodymyr Zelenskyy retains a high level of support, writes UNN with reference to a study by the Razumkov Center, which was conducted in February-March of this year.
Among politicians, officials, public figures, the level of trust in whom was assessed during this study, V. Zelenskyy was most often trusted by respondents (60% trust him)
Ukrainians also trust the head of the SBU Vasyl Malyuk more than they distrust him (41% and 25%, respectively).
Trust in V. Kim is expressed as often as distrust (37.5% and 37%, respectively).
As for the distrust rating, most of the Ukrainians surveyed do not trust Oleksiy Arestovych (88%), Yuriy Boyko (83%), Yulia Tymoshenko (83%), Petro Poroshenko (75%), Andriy Yermak (67%), David Arakhamia (67%), Ruslan Stefanchuk (65%) and Denys Shmyhal (56.5%), %).
Serhiy Prytula (52%) and Vitaliy Klitschko (52%) also have a low trust rating.
Distrust was expressed more often than trust in Danylo Hetmantsev (46 and 16.5% respectively), Ruslan Umerov (46% and 23% respectively), Igor Klymenko (33% and 18% respectively).
Reference
The survey was conducted face-to-face throughout the territory controlled by Ukraine. During the study, 2018 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.
Addition
According to the results of the World Happiness Report 2025. Ukraine ranked 111th in the updated happiness ranking. Finland took the first place. Last year, our country was on the 105th step of the ranking.