In a January public opinion survey, the leading Ukrainian sociological polling agency, KIIS, asked respondents to state whether or not they trusted certain political figures. As has been the trend for over a year Valeriy Zaluzhny led with 72 percent stating they trusted him, and HUR chief and new head of the Office of the President Kyryll Budanov placed second with a trust rating of 70 percent. Ukrainian leader Volodomyr Zelenskiy is trusted by 62 percent. Tied for fourth are commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Gen’ Oleksandr Syrskiy and actor, screenwriter, and war charity foundation founder Serhei Prytula at 46 percent. …………….
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Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D., is an Expert Analyst at Corr Analytics, www.canalyt.com. Websites: Russian and Eurasian Politics, gordonhahn.com and gordonhahn.academia.edu
Dr. Hahn is the author of the new book: Russian Tselostnost’: Wholeness in Russian Thought, Culture, History, and Politics (Europe Books, 2022). He has authored five previous, well-received books: The Russian Dilemma: Security, Vigilance, and Relations with the West from Ivan III to Putin (McFarland, 2021); Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West, and the “New Cold War” (McFarland, 2018); The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond (McFarland, 2014), Russia’s Islamic Threat (Yale University Press, 2007), and Russia’s Revolution From Above: Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime, 1985-2000 (Transaction, 2002). He also has published numerous think tank reports, academic articles, analyses, and commentaries in both English and Russian language media.
Dr. Hahn taught at Boston, American, Stanford, San Jose State, and San Francisco State Universities and as a Fulbright Scholar at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia and was a senior associate and visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Kennan Institute in Washington DC, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group.