
An indicator of approval of the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin grew to 62%, according to the VTsIOM based on the results of the study. The rating of the approval of the work of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the government amounted to 33.7% and 37.7%, respectively.
In the confidence rating, Putin still occupies a leading position in an average week for a week from January 14 to 20. On the second line of the rating is the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu (13.4%), on the third - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (13.1%).
Over the same period, the United Russia electoral rating amounted to 32.7%, the Communist Party of the Communist Party - 16.3%, the Liberal Democratic Party - 12%, “Fair Russia” - 6.3%.
The data for seven days of daily surveys of 1600 Russians are given by a telephone interview. The maximum error size does not exceed 1%.
Earlier, the level of trust of Russians surveyed to President Putin fell to 58%, returning to the level of 2013. The number of respondents who considered that the president "does not deserve" confidence at all increased from 4% to 13%.