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January 2015 Ratings

The survey took place between 23 and 26 January 2015 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 134 localities of 46 of the country’s regions. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 3.4%.

IN GENERAL, IS RUSSIA MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR THE WRONG DIRECTION?

In the right

direction

In the wrong

direction

It is difficult

to say

2015

Jan.

55

27

18

2014

Dec.

56

27

18

Nov.

59

22

19

Oct.

60

23

17

Sept.

62

22

17

22-25 Aug.

64

22

14

1-4 Aug.

66

19

15

July

55

26

19

June

62

22

17

May

60

23

17

Apr.

58

26

16

21-24 Mar.

60

26

15

7-10 Mar.

51

30

18

Feb.

47

37

16

Jan.

43

41

17

2013

Jan.

42

41

17

2012

Jan.

46

35

19

2011

Jan.

46

38

17

2010

Jan.

48

35

17

2009

Jan.

43

34

23

2008

Jan.

61

23

16

2007

Jan.

46

37

17

2006

Jan.

34

48

18

2005

Jan.

31

56

13

2004

Jan.

50

37

14

2003

Jan.

40

47

13

2002

Jan.

40

42

18

2001

Jan.

35

45

20

2000

Jan.

28

56

16

1999

Feb.

7

78

15

1998

Jan.

19

59

22

1997

Jan.

22

63

16

1996

Jan.

15

65

20

1995

Jan.

14

68

17

1994

Mar.

18

57

25

1993

June

22

48

30

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPORVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?

Approve

Disapprove

No answer

2015

Jan.

85

15

1

2014

Dec.

85

14

1

Nov.

85

14

2

Oct.

88

11

1

Sept.

86

14

1

22-25 Aug.

84

15

1

1-4 Aug.

87

13

1

July

85

14

1

June

86

13

1

May

83

16

1

Apr.

82

17

1

21-24 Mar.

80

18

2

7-10 Mar.

72

25

3

Feb.

69

30

1

Jan.

65

34

1

2013

Jan.

62

37

1

2012

Jan.

65

34

1

2011

Jan.

72

25

3

2010

Jan.

78

21

2

2009

Jan.

83

14

3

2008

Jan.

86

13

1

2007

Jan.

80

19

1

2006

Jan.

71

27

2

2005

Jan.

65

32

3

2004

Jan.

79

20

2

2003

Jan.

75

22

3

2002

Jan.

75

19

6

2001

Jan.

76

18

6

2000

Jan.

79

14

7

*From 2008-2011, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIONS AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?

Approve

Disapprove

No answer

2015

Jan.

64

35

1

2014

Dec.

63

35

2

Nov.

63

35

2

Oct.

68

30

2

Sept.

71

27

2

22-25 Aug.

67

31

2

1-4 Aug.

71

27

2

July

65

33

2

June

67

31

2

May

66

34

1

Apr.

60

38

2

21-24 Mar.

62

35

3

7-10 Mar.

59

38

3

Feb.

54

45

2

Jan.

48

51

2

2013

Jan.

57

42

1

2012

Jan.

61

38

1

2011

Jan.

69

29

2

2010

Jan.

75

23

2

2009

Jan.

75

22

4

2008

Jan.

74

20

7

2007

Feb.

54

33

12

2006

Dec.

57

36

8

**From 2006-2008, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

**From 2009-2011, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?”

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS?

Approve

Disapprove

No answer

2015

Jan.

58

41

1

2014

Dec.

60

39

1

Nov.

59

40

2

Oct.

64

34

2

Sept.

66

32

2

Aug.

62

36

2

July

60

39

1

June

60

39

1

May

60

39

1

Apr.

56

42

2

Mar.

58

40

2

Feb.

47

51

2

Jan.

43

56

1

2013

Jan.

47

52

1

2012

Jan.

45

54

1

2011

Jan.

50

47

3

2010

Jan.

54

43

3

2009

Jan.

58

38

4

2008

Jan.

60

35

5

2007

Jan.

40

56

4

2006

Jan.

31

66

3

2005

Jan.

28

66

6

2004

Jan.

43

53

5

2003

Jan.

39

54

7

2002

Jan.

40

48

12

2001

Jan.

43

44

14

2000

Jan.

39

46

15

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR OBLAST’S ACTIONS? (PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, FOR MOSCOW – THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW)

Approve

Disapprove

No answer

2015

Jan.

64

35

1

2014

Dec.

66

33

1

Nov.

63

35

2

Oct.

68

30

2

Sept.

67

31

2

Aug.

66

33

2

July

63

36

1

June

65

34

1

May

63

36

1

Apr.

60

38

3

Mar.

61

37

2

Feb.

59

40

1

Jan.

54

44

2

2014

Jan.

 54

44

2

2013

Jan.

56

43

2

2012

Jan.

50

48

2

2011

Jan.

51

45

5

2010

Jan.

54

41

5

2009

Jan.

57

39

4

2008

Jan.

62

35

3

2007

Jan.

59

40

2

2006

Jan.

57

40

4

2005

Jan.

47

48

6

2004

Jan.

58

38

4

2003

Jan.

57

36

7

2002

Jan.

51

40

9

2001

Jan.

57

31

12

2000

July

53

37

11

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIONS OF THE STATE DUMA OF RUSSIA?

Approve

Disapprove

No answer

2015

Jan.

49

49

2

2014

Dec.

52

46

2

Nov.

48

50

2

Oct.

56

42

3

Sept.

58

39

3

Aug.

49

49

2

July

53

46

1

June

51

47

2

May

50

49

2

Apr.

49

49

2

Mar.

51

46

3

Feb.

39

59

2

Jan.

36

63

1

2013

Jan.

36

63

1

2012

Jan.

37

61

2

2011

July

34

64

1

2005

Mar.

18

68

14

2004

Aug.

24

65

11

2003

Jan.

30

60

11

2002

Jan.

27

55

18

2001

Jan.

27

57

16

2000

Jan.

23

61

17

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE MOST. *** (open question – respondents named the leaders themselves)

2014

2015

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

I

Vladimir

Putin

34

36

51

53

53

52

55

57

56

60

57

55

62

Sergei

Shoigu

19

18

22

23

24

21

22

22

23

26

24

25

27

Dmitri

Medvedev

13

14

17

16

20

14

18

18

20

20

18

16

18

Sergei

Lavrov

6

6

10

17

17

15

16

12

18

19

22

20

12

Gennady

Zyuganov

9

9

9

7

9

9

10

9

10

11

10

10

11

Vladimir

Zhirinovsky

8

10

10

9

10

8

11

11

10

12

12

12

10

Patriarch

Kirill

5

3

4

5

5

4

4

5

5

6

5

6

8

Valentina

Matvienko

2

3

5

3

4

4

5

4

4

4

5

5

5

Ramzan

Kadyrov

5

Alexei

Kudrin

2

2

2

1

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

None

19

21

12

13

11

12

13

12

11

12

11

14

11

Not interested

in politics

or politicians

23

17

18

16

17

18

14

15

16

14

13

13

13

It is difficult

to say

5

8

6

6

6

7

6

6

8

6

7

7

6

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE LEAST. *** (open question – respondents named the leaders themselves)

2014

2015

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

I

Vladimir

Zhirinovsky

15

15

15

17

13

11

11

13

13

12

14

12

10

Kseniya

Sobchak

6

6

7

6

8

7

6

10

9

7

8

9

10

Boris

Nemtsov

6

5

7

6

8

7

7

8

8

8

8

8

9

Mikhail

Prokhorov

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

8

9

7

8

7

8

Mikhail

Gorbachev

5

5

6

5

6

6

6

6

8

6

Dmitri

Medvedev

10

11

7

5

6

6

6

6

7

4

7

7

6

Gennady

Zyuganov

7

9

8

7

6

6

6

6

7

8

6

6

6

Mikhail

Khodorkovsky

2

2

3

3

4

3

3

6

5

5

4

4

6

Alexei

Navalny

3

5

5

5

7

6

4

6

5

5

6

6

5

Vladimir

Putin

11

11

6

5

6

4

4

5

5

3

5

5

5

None

12

16

10

15

12

17

17

15

30

14

13

11

11

Not interested

in politics

or politicians

28

22

23

22

23

23

20

20

21

20

18

18

19

It is difficult

to say

21

22

24

22

23

22

24

23

4

23

26

25

24

*** The 10 Russian politicians who were named most often.

Translated by the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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