Background

The city has historically been known as ‘Киев’, its Russian name, but is increasingly known by its Ukrainian name, ‘Київ’, as authorities seek to promote the Ukrainian language and restrict the use of Russian in public.

Resolution procedure

This market will resolve to the name that, according to Google Trends, receives the most search interest in the local region (’Kyiv city’) in 2025.

The information will be obtained from the column chart visible on the desktop version of this webpage:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2025-01-01%202025-12-31&geo=UA-30&q=Київ,Киев

Close date

This market is due to close at 12:00:00 UTC on 1 January 2026 and will not resolve sooner.

Further information

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