This survey took place between 22-25 July 2016 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 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys.
The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:
3.4% for indicators around 50%
2.9% for indicators around 25%
2.0% for indicators around 10%
1.5% for indicators around 5%
WHICH WORDS COULD YOU USE TO CHARACTERIZE YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS VLADIMIR PUTIN? (multiple answers)
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Feb. 02 |
Feb. 05 |
Mar. 08 |
Jan. 11 |
Mar. 13 |
Mar. 14 |
Mar. 15 |
Mar. 16 |
Jul. 16 |
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| Admiration | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Affection | 29 | 30 | 25 | 41 | 28 | 18 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 29 |
| I have nothing bad to say about him | 34 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Neutral, indifferent | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 17 |
| Guarded, wait-and-see | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| I have nothing good to say about him | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Aversion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Disgust | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| It is difficult to say | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
TO WHAT DEGREE DO YOU TRUST VLADIMIR PUTIN?
| Fully trust | Probably trust | Probably distrust | Fully distrust | It is difficult to say | |
| Jul.16 | 20 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| May.16 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| Mar.16 | 21 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 8 |
| Mar.15 | 26 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Mar.14 | 16 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
| Jun.13 | 11 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 3 |
| Jun.12 | 13 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 4 |
| Jan.11 | 12 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 8 |
| Aug.10 | 25 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Sept.09 | 28 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| May.08 | 28 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Aug.07 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Aug.06 | 17 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| Aug.05 | 15 | 55 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
| Aug.04 | 11 | 57 | 21 | 6 | 5 |
| Aug.03 | 17 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 5 |
| Aug.02 | 14 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
| Aug.01 | 11 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| Jul.00 | 14 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 8 |
IN THE SEVENTEEN YEARS SINCE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA IN 1999, HAVE YOUR EXPECTATIONS BEEN MET?
| Aug.02 | Aug.03 | Aug.04 | Aug.05 | Aug.06 | Aug.07 | Aug.09 | Jul.16 | |
| Definitely yes | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Probably yes | 40 | 40 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 48 | 50 | 41 |
| Probably no | 23 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
| Definitely no | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| I had and have no expectations | 16 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| It is difficult to say | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Vladimir Putin’s Accomplishments and Failures
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAS BEEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN HIS YEARS IN POWER? (one answer)
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Mar. 06 |
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Jul. 09 |
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Feb. 12 |
Aug. 14 |
Aug. 15 |
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| Improving military capability, reforming armed forces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| Strengthening Russia’s international position | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| Economic development of Russia | 10 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| Bringing order, supporting a peaceful political climate | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Increasing quality of living, wages and pensions | 24 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| Solving the Chechen problem | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Growth of optimism, hope for a better life in the near future | 13 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Removing the danger of terrorism in Russia | <1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Fighting corruption, bribery | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bringing the oligarchs under control, restricting their influence | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Improving Russia’s relations with the West | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Fighting crime | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Partnership with other CIS countries | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Defending democracy and citizens’ political rights and freedoms | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 |
| Strengthening the country’s moral fiber | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 |
| Creating favorable conditions for private business | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Improving interethnic relations in Russia | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| I don’t see any accomplishments | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| It is difficult to say | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Main accomplishment | Additional accomplishments | Sum of accomplishments* | Failures | Balance | |
| Increasing military capability, reforming armed forces | 14 | 25 | 40 | 2 | 38 |
| Strengthening Russia’s international position | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 30 |
| Solving the Chechen problem | 6 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 26 |
| Bringing order, supporting a peaceful political climate | 10 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 21 |
| Removing the danger of terrorism in Russia | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| Partnership with other CIS countries | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| Growth of optimism, hope for a better life in the near future | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 11 |
| Fighting crime | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Improving interethnic relations in Russia | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Defending democracy and citizens’ political rights and freedoms | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Improving Russia’s relations with the West | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Creating favorable conditions for private business | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Economic development in Russia | 10 | 8 | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| Strengthening the country’s moral fiber | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -3 |
| Increasing quality of living, wages and pensions | 7 | 11 | 18 | 27 | -8 |
| Bringing the oligarchs under control, restricting their influence | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -9 |
| Fighting corruption, bribery | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -17 |
* “Sum of accomplishments” was calculated as the sum of values for the questions “What would you say has been Vladimir Putin’s main accomplishment in his years in power?” and “In which other areas has Vladimir Putin been successful?”
“Balance” was calculated as the difference between “Accomplishments” and “Failures.”
Calculations were done in Excel to the first decimal place, but numbers on the site have been rounded, so the discrepancy of ± 1% in the difference is not an error.
Sum of Accomplishments**
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Mar. 05 |
Mar. 06 |
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Mar. 08 |
Jul. 09 |
Jul. 10 |
Feb. 12 |
Aug. 14 |
Aug. 15 |
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| Increasing military capability, reforming armed forces | 11 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 33 | 40 |
| Strengthening Russia’s international position | 19 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 34 |
| Solving the Chechen problem | 10 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 28 |
| Bringing order, supporting a peaceful political climate | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 25 |
| Reducing the danger of terrorism in Russia | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 19 |
| Increasing quality of living, wages and pensions | 39 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 18 |
| Economic development | 21 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 |
| Increasing optimism, hope for a better life in the near future | 28 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 16 |
| Partnership with other CIS countries | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| Fighting corruption, bribery | 14 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| Fighting crime | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Muzzling the oligarchs, restricting their influence | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Improving Russia’s relations with the West | 21 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Creating favorable economic and political conditions for private business | 11 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| Strengthening the country’s moral fiber | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Improving interethnic relations in Russia | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Defending democracy and citizens’ rights | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| I don’t see any accomplishments | 26 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| It is difficult to say | 19 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 19 |
** The sum of values for the questions “WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAS BEEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN HIS YEARS IN POWER?” and “IN WHICH OTHER AREAS HAS VLADIMIR PUTIN BEEN SUCCESSFUL?”
Failures***
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Mar. 05 |
Mar. 06 |
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Mar. 08 |
Jul. 09 |
Jul. 10 |
Feb. 12 |
Aug. 14 |
Aug. 15 |
Jul. 16 |
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| Fighting corruption, bribery | 28 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
| Increasing quality of living, wages and pensions | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 27 |
| Economic development | 18 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 19 |
| Muzzling the oligarchs, restricting their influence | 19 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
| Strengthening the country’s moral fiber | 13 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Creating favorable economic and political conditions for private business | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Improving Russia’s relations with the West | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Fighting crime | 25 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Increasing optimism, hope for a better life in the near future | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Strengthening Russia’s international position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Bringing order, supporting a peaceful political climate | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Improving interethnic relations in Russia | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Partnership with other CIS countries | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Reducing the danger of terrorism in Russia | 24 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Solving the Chechen problem | 34 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Increasing military capability, reforming armed forces | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Defending democracy and citizens’ rights | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| I don’t see any failures | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| It is difficult to say | 10 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 18 |
*** Percentage distribution for the question “IN WHICH OF THESE AREAS HAVE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIONS BEEN THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL?” (multiple answers)
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).