Левада-Центр : July Ratings

The survey took place between 17 and 20 July 2015 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 134 localities of 46 of the country’s regions. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 3.4%.

ARE RUSSIA’S AFFAIRS GENERALLY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OR IS THE COUNTRY GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION?

		Affairs are generally going in the right direction	The country is going in the wrong direction	It is difficult to say
2015	July	59	23	18
	June	64	22	14
	May	60	23	17
	Apr.	60	23	18
	Mar.	57	25	19
	Feb.	54	29	17
	Jan.	55	27	18
2014	June	62	22	17
2013	June	41	43	16
2012	June	44	38	18
2011	June	35	44	22
2010	June	47	35	18
2009	June	44	40	15
2008	June	57	25	19
2007	June	50	35	15
2006	June	41	42	17
2005	June	34	52	14
2004	June	41	44	14
2003	May	35	51	14
2002	June	44	44	13
2001	June	41	41	18
2000	June	29	50	21
1999	June	10	70	20
1998	June	12	73	14
1997	June	19	67	14
1996	June	33	44	23
1995	June	11	71	18
1994	June	20	55	25
1993	Mar.	22	48	30

DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIVITIES AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?*

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	July	87	12	1
	June	89	10	1
	May	86	13	1
	Apr.	86	13	1
	Mar.	85	14	1
	Feb.	86	13	1
	Jan.	85	15	1
2014	June	86	13	1
2013	June	63	36	1
2012	June	64	34	2
2011	July	68	31	1
2010	June	78	20	2
2009	June	79	19	2
2008	June	83	13	5
2007	June	81	18	1
2006	June	77	21	2
2005	June	66	32	2
2004	June	72	25	3
2003	June	77	22	2
2002	June	75	20	4
2001	June	72	22	6
2000	June	61	26	13

* From 2008-2012 the question was asked in the following format: “DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIVITIES AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV’S ACTIVITIES AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?**

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	July	65	33	2
	June	66	33	2
	May	63	36	1
	Apr.	66	32	2
	Mar.	63	35	2
	Feb.	64	34	2
	Jan.	64	35	1
2014	June	67	31	2
2013	June	52	47	1
2012	June	58	39	2
2011	July	66	32	1
2010	June	74	23	3
2009	June	71	27	3
2008	June	73	18	9
2007	June	51	40	10
2006	Dec.	57	36	8

** From 2006-2007 the question was asked in the following format: “DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV’S ACTIVITIES AS FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

** From 2008-2012 the question was asked in the following format: “DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV’S ACTIVITIES AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?”

DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	July	58	41	2
	June	62	37	1
	May	59	40	1
	Apr.	61	38	1
	Mar.	59	40	1
	Feb.	60	38	2
	Jan.	58	41	1
2014	June	60	39	1
2013	June	43	56	1
2012	June	46	51	3
2011	May	51	47	2
2010	June	53	43	3
2009	June	54	43	3
2008	June	63	32	6
2007	June	44	50	7
2006	June	34	61	5
2005	June	26	71	4
2004	June	38	54	8
2003	June	36	59	5
2002	June	39	48	13
2001	June	38	50	13
2000	June	34	47	19

DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR OBLAST? (PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, IN MOSCOW – THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW)

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	July	62	36	2
	June	64	35	1
	May	62	37	1
	Apr.	67	32	1
	Mar.	61	37	1
	Feb.	63	35	1
	Jan.	64	35	1
2014	June	65	34	1
2013	June	56	43	1
2012	June	54	42	4
2011	May	51	46	3
2010	June	52	43	5
2009	June	54	42	3
2008	June	61	37	3
2007	June	57	38	5
2006	June	59	37	3
2005	June	50	45	5
2004	June	53	45	3
2003	June	53	42	5
2002	June	51	38	10
2001	June	55	34	12
2000	June	47	39	14

DO YOU GENERALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE DUMA?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	July	50	48	2
	June	54	44	2
	May	49	50	1
	Apr.	53	44	3
	Mar.	50	48	2
	Feb.	50	48	2
	Jan.	49	49	2
2014	June	51	47	2
2013	June	37	62	2
2012	June	40	57	3
2011	July	34	64	1
2005	Mar.	18	68	14
2004	Aug.	24	65	11
2003	Jan.	30	60	11
2002	Jan.	27	55	18
2001	June	23	64	13
2000	July	23	58	19

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE MOST?*** (open question – respondents named people whom they trust themselves)

	2014							2015
	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Vladimir Putin	52	55	57	56	60	57	55	62	59	62	60	62	64	64
Sergei Shoigu	21	22	22	23	26	24	25	27	24	26	26	29	28	29
Dmitry Medvedev	14	18	18	20	20	18	16	18	19	21	19	21	21	21
Sergei Lavrov	15	16	12	18	19	22	20	12	20	13	21	14	21	16
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	8	11	11	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	10	13	9	14
Gennady Zyuganov	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	14	9	12	11	11
Valentina Matvienko	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6
Sergei Sobyanin	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5
Sergei Ivanov	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Patriarch Kirill	4	4	5	5	6	5	6	8	6	6	5	5	4	4
Ramzan Kadyrov	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
None	12	13	12	11	12	11	14	11	12	10	13	11	9	10
I’m not interested in politicians or politics	18	14	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	11	14	11	13	13
It is difficult to say	7	6	6	8	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	6	5	4

*** 11 Russian politicians who were named most frequently and scored ≤ 3%

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE LEAST?**** (open question – respondents named people whom they distrust themselves)

	2014							2015
	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Kseniya Sobchak	7	6	10	9	7	8	9	10	9	12	11	13	10	10
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	11	11	13	13	12	14	12	10	10	12	11	12	13	10
Mikhail Prokhorov	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	10	8	9
Mikhail Khodorkovksy	3	3	6	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	6	6	5	7
Alexei Navalny	6	4	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
Dmitry Medvedev	6	6	6	7	4	7	7	6	8	8	6	7	5	6
Gennady Zyuganov	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Mikhail Gorbachev	–	–	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	5
Mikhail Kasyanov	–	–	–	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	6	6	5
Grigoriy Yavlinsky	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5
Yuri Luzhkov	4	5	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	5
None	17	17	15	30	14	13	11	11	15	12	13	10	10	14
I’m not interested in politicians or politics	23	20	20	21	20	18	18	19	19	17	20	18	19	18
It is difficult to say	22	24	23	4	23	26	25	24	21	23	23	23	22	23

**** 11 Russian politicians who were named most frequently and scored ≤ 5%

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).

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