The mood of Russians has been improving for the second month: two thirds are in a normal state, one in five is in a great mood (maximum values). The majority of respondents believe that the country is moving in the right direction, almost one in five – in the wrong direction. Those who believe that things are going in the right direction in the country most often have in mind proper domestic and foreign policy (social and economic development, the special military operation). Those who believe that the country is moving along the wrong path explain their point of view by economic (inflation, low pensions/salaries, unemployment) and political (irremovability of power, wrong policies, corruption) problems. Positive assessments prevail with regard to the authorities, in comparison with the measurements of the previous months the situation has not changed much. The top ten politicians trusted by the respondents have not changed much, most of all they trust V. Putin, M. Mishustin, S. Lavrov. If elections to the State Duma were held this Sunday, the United Russia party would receive more than half of the votes, the LDPR — 14%, the Communist Party — 10%, the New People – 6%, the Just Russia – 5%. If presidential elections were held this weekend, V. Putin would win the majority of votes, other politicians were mentioned by less than 1% of respondents.
