KIEV, Feb. 9 – The opinion of Ukrainians on Russia and Russians on Ukraine have both become more negative, according to a poll conducted in December-January as a part of a joint project between the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and Russian non-state Levada-Center analytical center.

Ukrainians view Russia more positively than Russians view Ukraine, reads the KIIS press release posted on Friday.

In September 2014, 48% of respondents in Ukraine spoke about Russia positively, in December that number fell to 37%. The corresponding results in Russia are as follows: 32% in September, and 24% in December.