This survey was conducted September 25–30, 2020, among a representative sample of all Russian urban and rural residents. The sample was comprised of 1605 people aged 18 or older in 137 municipalities of 50 regions of the Russian Federation. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the total number of participants along with data from previous surveys.
The statistical error of these studies for a sample of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed:
3.4% for indicators around 50%
2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%
2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%
1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%
PLEASE NAME 5–6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST MOST. (respondents named politicians themselves; the table includes the 18 Russian politicians and public figures most frequently named by respondents. In September 2020 each received ≥ 0.5% of votes out of the total number of respondents. Names shown in descending order according to September 2020 results.)*
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| Vladimir Putin | 59 | 48 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 33 | 33 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Mikhail Mishustin | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Sergey Shoygu | 23 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Sergey Lavrov | 19 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Alexey Navalny | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Dmitry Medvedev | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sergey Sobyanin | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sergey Mironov | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sergey Furgal | – | – | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Vyacheslav Volodin | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Valentina Matviyenko | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NIkolay Platoshkin | – | – | – | – | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nikolay Bondarenko | – | – | <1 | <1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | <1 | 1 |
| Gleb Nikitin | – | – | – | – | <1 | <1 | <1 | – | – | <1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Vladimir Solovyov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 |
| Pavel Grudinin | – | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| I do not trust any of them/none | 14 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 13 |
| I am not interested in politics or politicians | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 |
| It is difficult to say/do not know/no answer | 11 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 24 |
| Survey Method | F2F (Face-to-Face) | CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview) | F2F (Face-to-Face) | ||||||||||
* Surveys were conducted via personal interview (F2F) in June 2017–January 2020, as well as in August and September 2020. In April–July 2020, surveys were conducted via telephone (CATI).
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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