35% of those polled are satisfied with the
work of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
MOSCOW,
September 7. /TASS/. More than 84% of Russians interviewed by the Russian
Public Opinion Research Center have said they approved of Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s performance, while over 35% of those polled are satisfied with
the work of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
"The
president’s approval rating stood at 83.5% in August, and at 84.4% within the
period from August 28 to September 3. The assessments of the performance of the
prime minister and the Cabinet varied slightly. The average figure in late
August and early September regarding the prime minister’s performance was 53.3%
and the Cabinet’s performance - 57.4%," the pollster said.
No serious dynamics has been observed in assessing the performance of Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament) and the Federation Council (upper house of parliament), with 51% and 57.7% of the respondents respectively saying they are satisfied with their work.
Polls show
that Vladimir Putin continues to outshine other Russian politicians in terms of
his credibility rating, which stood at 50.1% last week. Russian Defense
Minister Sergey Shoigu and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ranked second and
third (16.7% and 15.5% respectively).
Meanwhile,
leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky continues
to top the list of Russia's least popular politicians. About one fourth of those
polled said they would avoid placing matters of national importance into his
hands (26.6% according to last week’s data).
Taking part
in the poll were Russians aged 18 and above, with 600 people in at least 80
Russia’s regions interviewed every day.
Source:
ITAR-TASS 07-09-2017
