Thus, some 28.3% of those polled are ready to vote for the Party of Regions, the second place is occupied by the Block of Yulia Tymoshenko (some 27.5%), the third place—by the Communist Party (some 7.8%), Lytvyn’s Bloc occupies the fourth place with some 6.9%, and the Bloc of Victor Yushchenko on the fifth place with some 5.7%.

All the other political forces do not overcome the 3% barrier to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

In particular, some 2.5% of Ukrainians are ready to vote for Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union, some 1.7%—for the Socialist Party of Ukraine, some 1.6%—for the People’s Self-Defense, some 1.5%—for the Party of Industrialists and Businessmen, some 1.1%—for Chernovetskiy’s Bloc. Other parties received less than 1% of votes.

At the same time, some 5.5% of those polled speak against all political forces, and some 6.8% could not answer the question.

The poll was carried out on October 7-19. 10865 respondents in all regions of Ukraine were polled. The error margin does not exceed 1%.

During the discussion a special issue of the “National Security & Defence” magazine (No.5, 2008) was presented. It contains the Razumkov Centre’s analytical report, materials of the round-table by correspondence, and the articles of domestic and foreign experts concerning the problems of Ukrainian army professionalisation. The results of corresponding sociological surveys were also presented.

Topics discussed:

• What model of the system of ensuring national security is the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine oriented on?
• State of professionalisation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: progress or accumulation of problems?
• Priority lines, alternative ways and prospects of implementation of Ukrainian army professionalization.