According to a survey conducted by the Levada Center , approval ratings for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are falling. reports this Interfax .

According to sociologists, over the past seven months, Putin’s rating has decreased by 6% (from 69% to 63%), Medvedev’s by 10% (from 64% to 54%).

The number of people dissatisfied with Putin increased from 30% to 36%, with four percent added to this number in the last month alone. 45% of respondents were disappointed with Medvedev.

In addition, the rating of the State Duma decreased : over the month the number of Russians who consider its work unsatisfactory increased from 57% to 65%. 59% of respondents were dissatisfied with the government.

At the same time, more and more Russians say that, in their opinion, the country is moving in the wrong direction. This opinion is shared by 44% of respondents, which is 11% more than seven months ago.

Levada Center also asked survey participants to name the politicians who most inspire their trust. 34% of respondents named Vladimir Putin as such a politician (a month ago 39% chose him). 20% of respondents expressed their trust in Dmitry Medvedev. In third place was Sergei Shoigu , whose rating after his appointment as Minister of Defense increased by 5% - from 11% in October to 16% in November.

Shoigu is followed by the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov , who is trusted by 10% of respondents, and the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky - 8%.

In addition, Russians spoke of trust in the leader of the Civic Platform party, businessman Mikhail Prokhorov (5%), Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko , leader of the A Just Russia party Sergei Mironov and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (4% each).

24% of respondents said that they do not trust any of the Russian politicians.

In October, on his birthday, Vladimir Putin told the NTV channel that he does not monitor his ratings and the main thing for him is “an internal sense of correctness . ”

Levada: ratings of Putin and Medvedev are falling, support for the president decreased by 4% in November - Gazeta.Ru