Perceptions of Oligarchs in Ukraine (2026) – Nationwide representative public opinion survey from 7 May to 3 June 2026

A nationwide representative survey was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the sociological service of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology from 7 May to 3 June 2026. Using computer-assisted telephone interviews, 2,007 respondents aged 18 and older were surveyed in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Chernivtsi regions, as well as in the city of Kyiv. In Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, the survey was conducted only in areas controlled by the Ukrainian government and not affected by active hostilities. The survey employed a stratified multistage sample with random selection at the initial stages and a quota method at the final stage, with quotas based on gender and age. The sample structure reflects the demographic profile of the adult population in the surveyed territories as of early 2022, by age, gender, and type of settlement. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.8%. However, additional systematic deviations in the sample may result from the consequences of Russian aggression, particularly the forced displacement of millions of citizens. This dataset contains the original survey data in SPSS (.sav) format, available in both English and Ukrainian. It has also been exported to an Excel file, with the contents of the corresponding XLSX file being identical to the original SAV file. The survey methodology and questionnaire are provided in the Documentation section (PDF files), in both English and Ukrainian.