(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russians continue to express confidence in the country’s president and prime minister, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 72 per cent of respondents approve of Dmitry Medvedev performance as president, and 78 per cent approve of the leadership of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russians continue to express confidence in the country’s president and prime minister, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 72 per cent of respondents approve of Dmitry Medvedev performance as president, and 78 per cent approve of the leadership of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin.
Medvedev’s approval rating is down three points since September, while Putin’s has dropped four points.
Russian voters renewed the State Duma in December 2007. United Russia (YR)—whose candidate list was headed by then president Putin—secured 64.1 per cent of the vote and 315 of the legislature’s 450 seats. On that same month, Putin endorsed Medvedev as a presidential candidate, and Medvedev said it would be of the "utmost importance" to have Putin as prime minister.
In March 2008, Medvedev easily won Russia’s presidential election with 70.28 per cent of the vote. In May, Medvedev was sworn in as president. His nomination of Putin as prime minister was confirmed by the State Duma in a 392-56 vote.
On Oct. 21, Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska—one of Russia’s richest men—accused judges of receiving bribes in exchange for favourable rulings, declaring, "Courts have overgrown with institutions without which one can’t receive a fair ruling. Everyone knows one has to pay for that."
Medvedev rebuked Deripaska, saying, "A question arises: who pays them, those mediators? I suspect it is business and not someone else that pays them."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s performance?
|
|
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
Aug. 2009 |
|
Approve |
72% |
75% |
76% |
|
Disapprove |
24% |
23% |
22% |
Do you approve or disapprove of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin’s performance?
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|
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
Aug. 2009 |
|
Approve |
78% |
82% |
82% |
|
Disapprove |
20% |
18% |
16% |
Source: Yury Levada Analytical Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19, 2009. No margin of error was provided.
