MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/: The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin dropped by 0.3% and stood at 80.1%, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center that published the results of a survey conducted from October 24 to 30 among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.
"When asked about trust in Putin, 80.1% of respondents answered positively (-0.3% over the week), the approval rate of the Russian president's work was 76.5% (-0.4 % over the week)," the pollsters noted.
Positive assessment figures for the Prime Minister and the Russian government stood at 53.1% (+0.7%) and 50.3% (-1.8%), respectively," the report stressed. Mikhail Mishustin was trusted by 63.4% of respondents (+0.9% 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% of respondents (-0.1%), Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia - For Truth, received 28.6% (-0.3%), the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky got 15.8% (+1.8%), and the leader of The New People party Alexey Nechaev procured 8.4% (+1.3%).
The poll also revealed that the level of support for the United Russia party stood at 40.3% (-0.3%), with the CPRF supported by 9.9% (-1.2%). The LDPR got 8.6% (+0.4%), A Just Russia - For Truth was supported by 6.1% (+0.2%), and The New People party’s figures came to 4.2% (-0.3%).
