If Ukraine’s presidential election were held next Sunday, showman Volodymyr Zelensky would receive 18.2% of votes from those who have picked their candidate, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko would have 15.6% and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko 15.2%. These are results of a survey conducted by the Ukrayinska Politika Foundation (UP Foundation) jointly with the research group Institute of Marketing and Consulting, which was presented at the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
According to the survey, Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko would receive 12.1% of votes, while Opposition Bloc – Party for Peace and Development leader Oleksandr Vilkul would have 7.4%, Opposition Bloc – For Life leader Yuriy Boiko 7.2%, and Civil Position Party leader Anatoliy Hrytsenko 6.1%.
Leader of the Nashi (Ours) Party Yevhen Murayev and UKROP Party leader Oleksandr Shevchenko would receive 3.2%, followed by Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy with 3.1%, while 8.8% of respondents said they would vote for another candidate and 28.1% had difficulty answering the question.
The poll showed 56.5% of respondents plan on taking part in the elections on March 31, 2019, some 19.7% will probably take part, 10.6% will probably not take part, and 13.2% will definitely not take part.
The survey was conducted by the UP Foundation jointly with the research group Institute of Marketing and Consulting from January 28 through February 10, 2019 by personal interview using computer tablets. Some 4,851 persons took part in Kyiv and all regional centers of Ukraine, except those not under Ukraine’s control in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in five large cities (Mariupol, Kamianske, Kremenchuk, Kryvy Rih, and Brovary), 23 small cities, 27 towns and 62 villages. The margin of error of the poll results is 1.5%.
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The simplified travel regime for citizens of Ukraine and Uruguay entered into force on Friday, the Ukrainian Embassy to Argentina has reported. “From now on, the period of stay without a visa allowed on the territory of Uruguay will be 90 days, it can be renewed for a second term of 90 days,” the Embassy said on Facebook.
One should have a valid passport document of a citizen of Ukraine for traveling abroad, seafarer’s identity card or identity card for return to Ukraine (in case of loss of passport abroad and return to Ukraine) for a visa-free trip to Uruguay, it says.
The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in 2018 grew by 54.5% compared with 2017, to $9.801 billion (to $6.343 billion in 2017), the State Statistics Service said on Thursday. In 2018, exports of goods increased by 9.4%, or $4.073 billion, compared to 2017, to $47.340 billion, while imports rose by 15.2%, or $7.542 billion, to $57.141 billion.
The ratio of coverage of imports by exports was 0.83 (0.87 in 2017).
The State Statistics Service specified that foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 221 countries of the world.
Average retail prices for petrol and diesel fuel in Ukraine in the period from February 8 to February 15, 2019, fell by 0.18-0.40%, while prices of LPG fell by 3.04%, according to data from the A-95 Consulting Group (Kyiv).
Changes in average retail fuel prices UAH per liter in Ukraine:
©Source: A-95 Consulting Company
