(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – A large majority of people in Russia express satisfaction with Dmitry Medvedev’s leadership, according to a poll by Yury Levada Analytical Centre. 74 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance, up two points since October.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – A large majority of people in Russia express satisfaction with Dmitry Medvedev’s leadership, according to a poll by Yury Levada Analytical Centre. 74 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance, up two points since October.
Support for former president and current prime minister Vladimir Putin is also high at 79 per cent.
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 Nov. 29, Medvedev released a proposal for a new pan-European security strategy that would replace the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Russian president said that, in a new framework, "No nation or international organization (…) is entitled to strengthen its own security at the cost of other nations or organizations," adding, "I’m convinced that Europe’s problems won’t be solved until its unity is established, an organic wholeness of all its integral parts, including Russia."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s performance?
|
|
Nov. 2009 |
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
|
Approve |
74% |
72% |
75% |
|
Disapprove |
23% |
24% |
23% |
Do you approve or disapprove of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin’s performance?
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|
Nov. 2009 |
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
|
Approve |
79% |
78% |
82% |
|
Disapprove |
19% |
20% |
18% |
Source: Yury Levada Analytical Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23, 2009. No margin of error was provided.
