Approval of institutions, state of affairs in the country, trust in politicians and electoral ratings of parties

48% of Russians believe that things are going well in the country, 43% – that the country is on the wrong path. The changes are insignificant compared to September.

Assessment of situation in the country

Is Russia moving in the right direction or this course is a dead-end?

The approval of V. Putin keeps growing: 61% in August, 64% in September and 67% in October 2021. 

Putin’s approval rating

Do you approve the activities of V. Putin as the President (Prime Minister) of Russia?

There are no significant changes in the assessments of the Prime Minister’s work.

Approval of the Prime Minister

Do you approve the activities of the prime minister?

Methodological explanations ^[1]

The approval rating of the government as a whole has not changed either: 50% approve of it, 48% – disapprove of it.

Approval of the government

Do you approve the activities of the Russian Government?

59% of respondents approve of the governors’ work, 38% disapprove. The changes are insignificant.

In the wake of the recent State Duma elections its approval rate kept growing: 37% in August, 40% in September and 43% in October 2021.

Noticeable changes in trust can be noted in Sergey Lavrov (-2% compared to September) and Gennady Zyuganov (-2% compared to September). The level of trust in other politicians has not changed. 

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	Nov.17	Jun.18	Sep.18	Mar.19	Jun.19	Sep.19	Jan.20	Apr.20	May 20	Jun.20	Jul.20	Aug.20	Sep.20	Oct.20	Jan.21	Feb.21	Mar.21	Apr.21	May 21	Jun.21	Jul.21	Sep.21	Oct.21
Vladimir Putin	59	48	39	41	40	39	35	28	25	26	23	33	33	34	29	32	31	34	33	33	31	30	30
Sergey Shoigu	23	18	15	16	17	13	19	13	14	12	10	9	9	9	8	8	11	10	12	10	11	13	13
Mikhail Mishustin	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	13	11	14	10	13	11	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	11
Sergey Lavrov	19	14	10	14	13	14	17	11	9	8	6	8	8	9	7	9	10	9	10	10	9	12	10
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	11	10	9	10	12	14	12	10	9	11	12	10	12	11	10	9
Gennady Zyuganov	10	7	8	8	9	6	7	6	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	4
Sergey Mironov	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	3
Nikolay Bondarenko	–	–	<1	<1	1	–	–	1	2	2	1	<1	1	<1	<1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2
Alexey Navalny	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	2
Sergey Sobyanin	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dmitry Medvedev	11	9	10	13	11	9	5	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Pavel Grudinin	–	7	4	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2
Vyacheslav Volodin	<1	<1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	1	1	1	1
Nikolay Platoshkin	–	–	–	–	<1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	<1	1	1	1	1
Sergey Furgal	–	–	<1	1	1	<1	<1	<1	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	<1	1	1	1	1
I don’t trust anyone	14	21	18	17	18	24	22	12	16	16	17	21	13	19	21	24	23	24	23	23	23	22	22
Not interested in politics/ politicians	1	1	1	1	1	1	<1	<1	<1	1	<1	1	<1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Can’t say	11	12	18	16	18	14	17	33	33	32	33	16	24	17	19	19	16	15	17	15	15	14	16
Method	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	CATI	CATI	CATI	CATI	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F	F2F

The electoral rating of United Russia among all Russians is 29% – a recovery compared to July 2021 (24%). The ratings of the Communist Party and the New People party have grown the most – 14% (+3 percentage points compared to July) and 5% (+ 3 percentage points compared to July) respectively.

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Among those who are ready to vote and have chosen which party to support or would spoil the ballot, the rating of United Russia is 41% – +4% compared to July. Ratings of the Communist Party and the New People party have also grown noticeably – 20% (+3%) and 7% (+5%) respectively.

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