According to a survey done among 1,600 adults over the age of 18 from January 30 to February 5 by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center, 78% of Russian citizens have confidence in President Vladimir Putin.
The pollsters reported that while 78% of respondents indicated they had confidence in Putin, the approval rating for the Russian president’s work fell by 0.7% to 75% during the course of the week.
According to the research, the prime minister and the Russian government had positive evaluation scores of 53% (-0.5%) and 49.9% (-0.9%), respectively. 61.5% of the sample trusted Mikhail Mishustin, a decrease of 1% from the previous week.
The respondents to the survey also indicated that they have faith in the leaders of different parliamentary groupings. Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Communist Party of Russia (CPRF), received 33.1% of respondents’ trust (+2%), followed by Sergey Mironov, the head of A Just Russia – For Truth (-2.7%), Leonid Slutsky, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), who received 15.2% (-2%), and Alexey Nechaev, the head of The New People (-0.6%).
The poll also showed that the CPRF was backed by 10.9% (+0.7%), while United Russia was supported by 37.7% (-0.7%). The New People party’s numbers were 4.5% (+0.1%), The LDPR’s 8.9% (+0.9%), A Just Russia – For Truth’s 5.2% (-0.8% over the week), and The LDPR’s 8.9% (+0.9%).
