Most Russians Want Government Renewed - Opinion Poll
Interfax - 3.29.12 - JRL 2012-59
MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax) - Only two of Russia's incumbent federal ministers deserve to keep jobs in the new Cabinet, as follows from an opinion poll held by Superjob.ru for the Russian Reporter magazine. The two are Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu (59%) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (53%).
The poll was conducted among the economically active population aged 18 and older (1,600 respondents) in all Russian regions.
About a quarter of those polled (26%) would like to see Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in the new government.
The other incumbent ministers and vice premiers have a negative rating, the most unwanted of them being the education, healthcare and defense ministers: 71% of the respondents don't want to see Education and Science
Minister Andrei Fursenko in the new Cabinet, 61% blame Health Minister Tatyana Golikova for corruption and queues in medical institutions, a lack of places in kindergartens and low salaries in the healthcare sector, and 57% do not want Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov because of his "civilian past", arguing that "a defense minster should be a career serviceman and not a manager".
More than half of respondents (54%) think that Rashid Nurgaliyev should not retain his job as Interior Minister, while 17% support him.
Vice Premier and Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin has tentative support: when asked whether he should stay in the government, 53% of the respondents said they didn't know, 34% said "no" and 13% said "yes".
About a half of those polled (48%) disapprove of Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina, while 11% disagree, saying that she has "unique mathematical abilities", is a "wiz kid economist" and "has an excellent team".
Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Minister Vitaly Mutko has a 10% approval rating with half of the respondents (50%) reproaching him for not making sports accessible for teenagers and youth as well as for the poor propaganda of the healthy way of life.
Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik is opposed by 44% of those polled.
Only 9% want to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov in the new government, 62% are uncertain and 29% think that he should go.
Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov is not particularly welcome either with 52% of the respondents uncertain as to whether he should stay and 49% opposing him.
Forty-nine percent are displeased with Transport Minster Igor Levitin and only 8% think that he should carry on.
As for Vice Premier Igor Sechin, 62% couldn't say whether he should stay, while 31% would not invite him into the new Cabinet.
Vice Premier Vladislav Surkov puzzled 55% of the respondents who found it hard to judge his work because "he is not a public figure" and 38% said that he should not be in the government.
The results of the poll were published on Superjob.ru on Thursday.
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MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax) - Only two of Russia's incumbent federal ministers deserve to keep jobs in the new Cabinet, as follows from an opinion poll held by Superjob.ru for the Russian Reporter magazine. The two are Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu (59%) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (53%).
The poll was conducted among the economically active population aged 18 and older (1,600 respondents) in all Russian regions.
About a quarter of those polled (26%) would like to see Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in the new government.
The other incumbent ministers and vice premiers have a negative rating, the most unwanted of them being the education, healthcare and defense ministers: 71% of the respondents don't want to see Education and Science
Minister Andrei Fursenko in the new Cabinet, 61% blame Health Minister Tatyana Golikova for corruption and queues in medical institutions, a lack of places in kindergartens and low salaries in the healthcare sector, and 57% do not want Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov because of his "civilian past", arguing that "a defense minster should be a career serviceman and not a manager".
More than half of respondents (54%) think that Rashid Nurgaliyev should not retain his job as Interior Minister, while 17% support him.
Vice Premier and Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin has tentative support: when asked whether he should stay in the government, 53% of the respondents said they didn't know, 34% said "no" and 13% said "yes".
About a half of those polled (48%) disapprove of Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina, while 11% disagree, saying that she has "unique mathematical abilities", is a "wiz kid economist" and "has an excellent team".
Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Minister Vitaly Mutko has a 10% approval rating with half of the respondents (50%) reproaching him for not making sports accessible for teenagers and youth as well as for the poor propaganda of the healthy way of life.
Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik is opposed by 44% of those polled.
Only 9% want to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov in the new government, 62% are uncertain and 29% think that he should go.
Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov is not particularly welcome either with 52% of the respondents uncertain as to whether he should stay and 49% opposing him.
Forty-nine percent are displeased with Transport Minster Igor Levitin and only 8% think that he should carry on.
As for Vice Premier Igor Sechin, 62% couldn't say whether he should stay, while 31% would not invite him into the new Cabinet.
Vice Premier Vladislav Surkov puzzled 55% of the respondents who found it hard to judge his work because "he is not a public figure" and 38% said that he should not be in the government.
The results of the poll were published on Superjob.ru on Thursday.