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Russians put their trust in Putin and emergencies minister - poll
Interfax

Moscow, 31 October: The rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin has further improved from 73 per cent in September to 75 per cent now, an official at the All-Russian Centre for the Study of Public Opinion [VTsIOM] told Interfax on Wednesday [31 October].

This data was collected in representative polls held at the end of September and on 30 October involving 1,600 Russians. The figures below do not represent those who failed to give a meaningful response and make up for the difference between 100 per cent and the sum total of the responses.

The activities of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov are approved by 48 per cent now, compared with 50 per cent a month ago.

On the other hand, the rating of the cabinet has increased to 42 per cent from 40 per cent at the end of September.

Trust in Putin has also risen. Asked to name five or six political figures whom the respondents trusted more than the others, 47 per cent named Putin in October, a noticeable improvement over September's 42 per cent.

The rest of the list is as follows:

Emergencies Minister Sergey Shoygu, the leader of the Unity party, has for the first time taken second place. Now with 19 per cent (15 per cent in September), he is ahead of communist leader Gennadiy Zyuganov, who has 16 per cent (also 16 per cent in September).

Fourth place is held by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, with 12 per cent (11 per cent in September).

They are followed by Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov, 9 per cent (4 per cent); LDPR [Liberal Democratic Party of Russia] leader Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, 8 per cent (6 per cent); Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko, 8 per cent (6 per cent); Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev, 7 per cent (7 per cent); Yabloko leader Grigoriy Yavlinskiy, 7 per cent (4 per cent); and presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District Sergey Kiriyenko, 6 per cent (3 per cent).

Nineteen per cent do not trust any Russian political figure. This figure was 22 per cent in September.

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