Левада-Центр : January 2015 Ratings

The survey took place between 23 and 26 January 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%.

IN GENERAL, IS RUSSIA MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR THE WRONG DIRECTION?

		In the right direction	In the wrong direction	It is difficult to say
2015	Jan.	55	27	18
2014	Dec.	56	27	18
	Nov.	59	22	19
	Oct.	60	23	17
	Sept.	62	22	17
	22-25 Aug.	64	22	14
	1-4 Aug.	66	19	15
	July	55	26	19
	June	62	22	17
	May	60	23	17
	Apr.	58	26	16
	21-24 Mar.	60	26	15
	7-10 Mar.	51	30	18
	Feb.	47	37	16
	Jan.	43	41	17
2013	Jan.	42	41	17
2012	Jan.	46	35	19
2011	Jan.	46	38	17
2010	Jan.	48	35	17
2009	Jan.	43	34	23
2008	Jan.	61	23	16
2007	Jan.	46	37	17
2006	Jan.	34	48	18
2005	Jan.	31	56	13
2004	Jan.	50	37	14
2003	Jan.	40	47	13
2002	Jan.	40	42	18
2001	Jan.	35	45	20
2000	Jan.	28	56	16
1999	Feb.	7	78	15
1998	Jan.	19	59	22
1997	Jan.	22	63	16
1996	Jan.	15	65	20
1995	Jan.	14	68	17
1994	Mar.	18	57	25
1993	June	22	48	30

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPORVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Jan.	85	15	1
2014	Dec.	85	14	1
	Nov.	85	14	2
	Oct.	88	11	1
	Sept.	86	14	1
	22-25 Aug.	84	15	1
	1-4 Aug.	87	13	1
	July	85	14	1
	June	86	13	1
	May	83	16	1
	Apr.	82	17	1
	21-24 Mar.	80	18	2
	7-10 Mar.	72	25	3
	Feb.	69	30	1
	Jan.	65	34	1
2013	Jan.	62	37	1
2012	Jan.	65	34	1
2011	Jan.	72	25	3
2010	Jan.	78	21	2
2009	Jan.	83	14	3
2008	Jan.	86	13	1
2007	Jan.	80	19	1
2006	Jan.	71	27	2
2005	Jan.	65	32	3
2004	Jan.	79	20	2
2003	Jan.	75	22	3
2002	Jan.	75	19	6
2001	Jan.	76	18	6
2000	Jan.	79	14	7

*From 2008-2011, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ACTIONS AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Jan.	64	35	1
2014	Dec.	63	35	2
	Nov.	63	35	2
	Oct.	68	30	2
	Sept.	71	27	2
	22-25 Aug.	67	31	2
	1-4 Aug.	71	27	2
	July	65	33	2
	June	67	31	2
	May	66	34	1
	Apr.	60	38	2
	21-24 Mar.	62	35	3
	7-10 Mar.	59	38	3
	Feb.	54	45	2
	Jan.	48	51	2
2013	Jan.	57	42	1
2012	Jan.	61	38	1
2011	Jan.	69	29	2
2010	Jan.	75	23	2
2009	Jan.	75	22	4
2008	Jan.	74	20	7
2007	Feb.	54	33	12
2006	Dec.	57	36	8

**From 2006-2008, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA?”

**From 2009-2011, the question was asked in the following format: “IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV’S ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?”

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Jan.	58	41	1
2014	Dec.	60	39	1
	Nov.	59	40	2
	Oct.	64	34	2
	Sept.	66	32	2
	Aug.	62	36	2
	July	60	39	1
	June	60	39	1
	May	60	39	1
	Apr.	56	42	2
	Mar.	58	40	2
	Feb.	47	51	2
	Jan.	43	56	1
2013	Jan.	47	52	1
2012	Jan.	45	54	1
2011	Jan.	50	47	3
2010	Jan.	54	43	3
2009	Jan.	58	38	4
2008	Jan.	60	35	5
2007	Jan.	40	56	4
2006	Jan.	31	66	3
2005	Jan.	28	66	6
2004	Jan.	43	53	5
2003	Jan.	39	54	7
2002	Jan.	40	48	12
2001	Jan.	43	44	14
2000	Jan.	39	46	15

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR OBLAST’S ACTIONS? (PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, FOR MOSCOW – THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW)

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Jan.	64	35	1
2014	Dec.	66	33	1
	Nov.	63	35	2
	Oct.	68	30	2
	Sept.	67	31	2
	Aug.	66	33	2
	July	63	36	1
	June	65	34	1
	May	63	36	1
	Apr.	60	38	3
	Mar.	61	37	2
	Feb.	59	40	1
	Jan.	54	44	2
2014	Jan.	54	44	2
2013	Jan.	56	43	2
2012	Jan.	50	48	2
2011	Jan.	51	45	5
2010	Jan.	54	41	5
2009	Jan.	57	39	4
2008	Jan.	62	35	3
2007	Jan.	59	40	2
2006	Jan.	57	40	4
2005	Jan.	47	48	6
2004	Jan.	58	38	4
2003	Jan.	57	36	7
2002	Jan.	51	40	9
2001	Jan.	57	31	12
2000	July	53	37	11

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIONS OF THE STATE DUMA OF RUSSIA?

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Jan.	49	49	2
2014	Dec.	52	46	2
	Nov.	48	50	2
	Oct.	56	42	3
	Sept.	58	39	3
	Aug.	49	49	2
	July	53	46	1
	June	51	47	2
	May	50	49	2
	Apr.	49	49	2
	Mar.	51	46	3
	Feb.	39	59	2
	Jan.	36	63	1
2013	Jan.	36	63	1
2012	Jan.	37	61	2
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	Jan.	27	57	16
2000	Jan.	23	61	17

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE MOST. *** (open question – respondents named the leaders themselves)

	2014												2015
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	I
Vladimir Putin	34	36	51	53	53	52	55	57	56	60	57	55	62
Sergei Shoigu	19	18	22	23	24	21	22	22	23	26	24	25	27
Dmitri Medvedev	13	14	17	16	20	14	18	18	20	20	18	16	18
Sergei Lavrov	6	6	10	17	17	15	16	12	18	19	22	20	12
Gennady Zyuganov	9	9	9	7	9	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	11
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	8	10	10	9	10	8	11	11	10	12	12	12	10
Patriarch Kirill	5	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	6	8
Valentina Matvienko	2	3	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Ramzan Kadyrov	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
Alexei Kudrin	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
None	19	21	12	13	11	12	13	12	11	12	11	14	11
Not interested in politics or politicians	23	17	18	16	17	18	14	15	16	14	13	13	13
It is difficult to say	5	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	6	7	7	6

PLEASE NAME 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST THE LEAST. *** (open question – respondents named the leaders themselves)

	2014												2015
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	I
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	15	15	15	17	13	11	11	13	13	12	14	12	10
Kseniya Sobchak	6	6	7	6	8	7	6	10	9	7	8	9	10
Boris Nemtsov	6	5	7	6	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Mikhail Prokhorov	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	8
Mikhail Gorbachev	5	5	6	5	–	–	–	6	6	6	6	8	6
Dmitri Medvedev	10	11	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	4	7	7	6
Gennady Zyuganov	7	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6
Mikhail Khodorkovsky	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	6	5	5	4	4	6
Alexei Navalny	3	5	5	5	7	6	4	6	5	5	6	6	5
Vladimir Putin	11	11	6	5	6	4	4	5	5	3	5	5	5
None	12	16	10	15	12	17	17	15	30	14	13	11	11
Not interested in politics or politicians	28	22	23	22	23	23	20	20	21	20	18	18	19
It is difficult to say	21	22	24	22	23	22	24	23	4	23	26	25	24

*** The 10 Russian politicians who were named most often.

Translated by the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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