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Putin Approval Rating at 77% in Russia
- Vladimir Putin maintains a high level of public support in Russia, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 77 per cent of respondents approve of the president's performance, up one point since May.
Putin was elected to a second term as president in March 2004 with 71.31 per cent of all cast ballots. In April 2005, Putin ruled out seeking a new mandate, saying, "I will not change the constitution and in line with the constitution, you cannot run for president three times in a row."
In December 2004, Putin signed a controversial bill that effectively eliminates the election of Russia's 89 governors by popular vote. The provision allows the president himself to nominate every governor, and await confirmation by regional legislatures.
In his April 2005 address to the State Duma, Putin vowed to reverse Russia's current population decline, saying, "We cannot accept the fact that Russian women live almost 10 years, and Russian men almost 16 years less than people in Western Europe. (...) I am convinced that our first task is to make health care accessible and high-quality, and to revive disease prevention as a tradition of Russian medicine."
Yesterday, Putin suggested some changes to fiscal regulations in order to boost Russia's birth rate, declaring, "I find it necessary to amend the tax code to cancel taxation of state benefits for the birth of a second child in Russian families."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Vladimir Putin's performance as president?
Jun. 2006 | May 2006 | Apr. 2006 | |
Approve | 77% | 76% | 72% |
Disapprove | 21% | 23% | 26% |
Source: Yury Levada Analytical Center
Methodology: Interviews to 1,600 Russian adults, conducted from Jun. 19 to Jun. 22, 2006. No margin of error was provided.