A recent Pew Survey compares the opinion of people in the former Soviet Union in 1991 and now. Ukrainians are especially disappointed in democracy.
Approval of Change to Democracy
% Approve of change to Multiparty
1991 2009 Change
East Germany 91 85 -6
Czech Rep. 80 80 0
Slovakia 70 71 +1
Poland 66 70 +4
Hungary 74 56 -18
Lithuania 75 55 -20
Russia 61 53 -8
Bulgaria 76 52 -24
Ukraine 72 30 -42
It's not hard to guess why that could be... and explains why several of the current presidential candidates try to position themselves as strong leaders
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