Putin's Popularity Up After Election
Interfax - 3.21.12 - JRL 2012-54
Moscow, 21 March: A review of the results of the presidential election in Russia has shown that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's popularity has grown. The number of people who trust him has also increased, sociologists told Interfax today.
According to a poll conducted by the Levada Centre on 16-19 March, the number of Russians who generally approve of Putin's work has increased from 65 per cent in February to 68 per cent.
In the same period the number of Russians who say they trust the president-elect has increased from 41 per cent to 44 per cent.
According to the Levada Centre, 28 per cent of the respondents trust the incumbent president, Dmitriy Medvedev, and significantly more respondents, 61 per cent, are satisfied with his work.
Along with Vladimir Putin and Dmitriy Medvedev, in March the list of top 10 most popular Russian politicians included Communist Party leader Gennadiy Zyuganov (he is trusted by 14 per cent of the respondents), LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovskiy and Emergencies Minister Sergey Shoygu (9 per cent each), businessman Mikhail Prokhorov (8 per cent), leader of A Just Russia Sergey Mironov (8 per cent), Patriarch Kirill (5 per cent), Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko (4 per cent each).
Fifteen per cent of the respondents trust no Russian politician.
According to the Levada Centre, in March 48 per cent of Russians said that the government's work was effective on the whole, but 50 per cent were critical about it, the sociologists told Interfax.
The survey also showed that the Russians still have little faith in the government's ability to improve the situation in the country. In March, 30 per cent said they trusted the government, down two percentage points on February. At the same time the number of those who still hope that the government will soon be able to change things for the better has increased from 29 per cent to 35 per cent.
The State Duma's work is approved by 37 per cent, against 35 per cent a month earlier, according to the poll conducted in 45 Russian regions.
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Moscow, 21 March: A review of the results of the presidential election in Russia has shown that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's popularity has grown. The number of people who trust him has also increased, sociologists told Interfax today.
According to a poll conducted by the Levada Centre on 16-19 March, the number of Russians who generally approve of Putin's work has increased from 65 per cent in February to 68 per cent.
In the same period the number of Russians who say they trust the president-elect has increased from 41 per cent to 44 per cent.
According to the Levada Centre, 28 per cent of the respondents trust the incumbent president, Dmitriy Medvedev, and significantly more respondents, 61 per cent, are satisfied with his work.
Along with Vladimir Putin and Dmitriy Medvedev, in March the list of top 10 most popular Russian politicians included Communist Party leader Gennadiy Zyuganov (he is trusted by 14 per cent of the respondents), LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovskiy and Emergencies Minister Sergey Shoygu (9 per cent each), businessman Mikhail Prokhorov (8 per cent), leader of A Just Russia Sergey Mironov (8 per cent), Patriarch Kirill (5 per cent), Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko (4 per cent each).
Fifteen per cent of the respondents trust no Russian politician.
According to the Levada Centre, in March 48 per cent of Russians said that the government's work was effective on the whole, but 50 per cent were critical about it, the sociologists told Interfax.
The survey also showed that the Russians still have little faith in the government's ability to improve the situation in the country. In March, 30 per cent said they trusted the government, down two percentage points on February. At the same time the number of those who still hope that the government will soon be able to change things for the better has increased from 29 per cent to 35 per cent.
The State Duma's work is approved by 37 per cent, against 35 per cent a month earlier, according to the poll conducted in 45 Russian regions.