MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/: The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin stood at 78%, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center that published the results of a survey conducted from January 30 to February 5 among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.
"When asked about trust in Putin, 78% of respondents answered positively (-1.2% over the week), the approval rate of the Russian president's work dropped by 0.7% and stood at 75%," the pollsters noted.
Positive assessment figures for the Prime Minister and the Russian government stood at 53% (-0.5%) and 49.9% (-0.9%), respectively," the report stressed. Mikhail Mishustin was trusted by 61.5% of respondents (-1% over the week).
Those surveyed also expressed their confidence in the heads of various parliamentary factions. Russia’s Communist Party (CPRF) leader Gennady Zyuganov was trusted by 33.1% of respondents (+2%), Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia - For Truth, received 29.3% (-2.7%), the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky got 15.2% (-2%), and the leader of The New People party Alexey Nechaev procured 7.2% (-0.6%).
The poll also revealed that the level of support for the United Russia party stood at 37.7% (-0.7%), with the CPRF supported by 10.9% (+0.7%). The LDPR got 8.9% (+0.9%), A Just Russia - For Truth was supported by 5.2% (-0.8% over the week), and The New People party’s figures came to 4.5% (+0.1%).
