Perhaps comedian Sasha Baron Cohen should have based his fictional anti-Semite Borat in Ukraine rather than Kazakhstan.

One in three Ukrainians do not want Jews to be citizens of their country, a survey found. Conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology, the survey found that 36 percent of respondents do not want to see Jews as citizens of Ukraine, compared to 26 percent in a similar survey conducted in 1994. Researchers also found that anti-Semitic attitudes were especially widespread among younger respondents. The survey of 2,000 respondents in 24 regions of Ukraine was conducted Oct. 13-24.

Source: JTA

UCSJ NOTE: A Regions.ru report from December 6 added that the poll found 45% of 18-20 year olds in Ukraine don't want Jews to live in Ukraine.

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