On the eve of New Year holidays the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) decided to find out what Christmas gifts are popular among Ukrainians and to simplify the execution of a task of choosing gifts for family and friends.

According to the survey results, the first 6 gifts which Ukrainians would like to receive are money, peace and ending of the war, car and car accessories, jewelry, romantic travel and household appliances.

According to a recent study by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) 61.9% of the respondents during the year experienced some stressful situations. Compared to 2013 year their number has increased significantly - by almost 10% (from 52% in 2013 to 61.9% in 2014). A lot of people in 2014 were in situations of shelling and bombing cases (7.1%). It was increased the number of people who have found themselves without a livelihood (from 4.8% in 2013 to 6.2% in 2014) or lost their jobs (6% in 2013 to 8% in 2014).

According to surveys conducted by the Kyiv international Institute of sociology, in December of 2014 in comparison with the beginning of the year the level of readiness to participate in the protest movements hasn’t changed significantly: 42.2% of the adult population of Ukraine are ready to participate in the protest movements in February 2014, in December the share of such people was 43.3%.

Questions about the attitude of the Ukrainian population to the results of opinion polls asked in 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012 and 2013. The December 2014 survey showed that the level of distrust in public opinion research decreased and balance of trust and distrust increased.

This survey was intended, in part, to estimate the number of victims of Nazism who are currently living in Ukraine. If we define the victims of Nazism in the narrow sense (ostarbeiters, Holocaust victims, prisoners at concentration camps or ghettos and prisoners of war), than the number of victims in Ukraine would be about 200 thousand people. If we consider all the elderly who suffered from National Socialism injustice at the time of Second World War, their number would be about 8.5% – 10.0% of people older than 70 years or 430 – 500 thousand people.