Moscow, 4 September: Russians consider the Russian federal government to be the main culprit regarding the difficult economic situation in the country, the general director of VTsIOM (the All-Russia Centre for the Study of Public Opinion), Valeriy Fedorov, has said.

"As an institution, the government today takes first place in the 'rating of the guilty'," Fedorov said, speaking on Friday (4 September) at a meeting of three clubs of the One Russia party devoted to the start of the new political season.

Meanwhile, Fedorov stressed that this "in no way" concerns the prime minister (Vladimir Putin) - in this rating, the cabinet of ministers is treated as an integral structure.

The Interior Ministry and the law-enforcement agencies take second place according to VTsIOM's data. Of course, no one is talking about a direct link between the crisis and the activity of those bodies, Fedorov said.

They occupy a place in the negative rating due to the ignominious behaviour of a number of their representatives.

Fedorov recalled a recent incident that was widely publicized, regarding a "golden bed for a reception building" of the Interior Ministry.

Banks took third place in the "rating of the guilty" - "those fat cats", Fedorov said.

It is typical that there are no parties in the list, he added. "Most people believe that the institution of (political) parties is not an influential structure," he explained. However, representatives of the party elite are included in the negative rating in places, he noted.

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