KIEV, Sept. 17 – Over half of Ukrainians quizzed in a recent poll said their country is an outsider, said Yevhen Kopatko, a sociologist from the Research & Branding Group Company.

"Thirty-eight percent of the respondents said that Ukraine is something in the middle between a leader and outsider, moreover, 51% of respondents living in the west of Ukraine support this opinion, and 24% in the east. Moreover, 59% of those polled said Ukraine is an outsider country," he said.