(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many Russian adults are content with their prime minister, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 78 per cent of respondents approve of Vladimir Putin’s performance.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many Russian adults are content with their prime minister, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 78 per cent of respondents approve of Vladimir Putin’s performance.
In addition, 73 per cent of respondents approve of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s performance.
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 Apr. 20, Putin discussed the country’s financial standing, saying, "Provisional results for the first quarter fuel optimism. This allows us to say that the recession is over. This does not mean that the crisis is over. (…) More than 30 per cent of the country’s medical institutions are in a critical state or require a financial overhaul."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s performance?
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Apr. 2010
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Approve
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73%
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75%
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77%
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Disapprove
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25%
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22%
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21%
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Do you approve or disapprove of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin’s performance?
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Apr. 2010
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Approve
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78%
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78%
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80%
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Disapprove
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20%
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20%
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19%
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Source: Yury Levada Analytical Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted from Apr. 16 to Apr. 19, 2010. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.
