Левада-Центр : September 2015 Ratings

The survey took place between 18 and 21 September 2015 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600people 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 CURRENT AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA 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	Sept.	55	26	19
	Aug.	55	29	17
	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	Sept.	62	22	17
2013	Sept	40	43	17
2012	Sept	39	42	19
2011	Sept	42	40	18
2010	Sept	49	32	18
2009	Sept	49	33	18
2008	Sept	61	24	15
2007	Sept	47	34	19
2006	Sept	43	41	16
2005	Sept	36	48	16
2004	Sept	37	51	12
2003	Sept	43	42	15
2002	Oct.	37	42	21
2001	Sept	37	42	21
2000	Sept	29	51	19
1999	Sept	8	82	10
1998	Sept	10	75	15
1997	Sept	24	59	18
1996	Sept	21	58	22
1995	Sept	14	66	21
1994	Sept	23	53	24
1993	Mar.	22	48	30

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

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Sept.	84	15	1
	Aug.	83	17	1
	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	Sept	86	14	1
2013	Sept	64	35	1
2012	Sept	68	31	2
2011	Sept	68	31	2
2010	Sept	77	21	2
2009	Sept	81	18	1
2008	Sept	88	10	2
2007	Sept	79	20	1
2006	Sept	75	22	3
2005	Sept	70	28	2
2004	Sept	66	31	3
2003	Sept	75	22	3
2002	Sept	77	20	3
2001	Sept	74	19	7
2000	Sept	65	27	8

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

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

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Sept.	65	33	3
	Aug.	61	38	1
	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	Sept.	71	27	2
2013	Sept.	49	49	1
2012	Sept.	61	38	1
2011	Sept.	62	36	2
2010	Sept.	73	26	2
2009	Sept.	75	23	3
2008	Sept.	83	14	4
2007	Sept.	53	39	8
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 ACTIONS 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 ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA?”

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

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Sept.	60	39	1
	Aug.	54	44	2
	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	Sept	66	32	2
2013	Sept	41	57	1
2012	Sept	47	51	2
2011	Sept	48	51	2
2010	Sept	51	45	3
2009	Sept	58	39	4
2008	Sept	66	31	3
2007	Sept	38	58	3
2006	Sept	37	57	6
2005	Sept	31	66	4
2004	Sept	38	54	8
2003	Sept	33	59	8
2002	Sept	39	51	9
2001	Sept	39	45	16
2000	Sept	39	50	12

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

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Sept.	62	38	1
	Aug.	60	38	2
	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	Sept	67	31	2
2013	Sept	54	46	1
2012	Sept	57	40	3
2011	Sept	49	47	4
2010	Sept	52	46	3
2009	Sept	60	38	3
2008	Sept	64	33	3
2007	Sept	58	39	2
2006	Sept	58	37	5
2005	Sept	56	40	4
2004	Sept	48	48	3
2003	Sept	45	44	11
2002	Sept	51	41	8
2001	Sept	50	33	17
2000	Sept	49	37	14

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

		Approve	Disapprove	No answer
2015	Sept.	52	46	2
	Aug.	47	51	2
	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	Sept.	58	39	3
2013	Sept.	38	61	1
2012	Sept.	38	60	2
2011	Sept.	37	60	3
2005	Mar.	18	68	14
2004	Oct.	28	64	8
2003	Jan.	30	60	11
2002	Jan.	27	55	18
2001	July	29	59	12
2000	Sept.	27	58	15

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

	2014				2015
	IX	X	XI	XII	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
Vladimir Putin	56	60	57	55	62	59	62	60	62	64	64	58	59
Sergei Shoigu	23	26	24	25	27	24	26	26	29	28	29	25	25
Dmitry Medvedev	20	20	18	16	18	19	21	19	21	21	21	19	20
Sergei Lavrov	18	19	22	20	12	20	13	21	14	21	16	19	17
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	10	13	9	14	11	10
Gennady Zyuganov	10	11	10	10	11	11	14	9	12	11	11	9	9
Patriarch Kirill	5	6	5	6	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	6
Valentina Matvienko	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	3	5
Sergei Mironov	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	4	5
Sergei Sobyanin	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	5
None	11	12	11	14	11	12	10	13	11	9	10	12	9
I’m not interested in politics	16	14	13	13	13	13	11	14	11	13	13	13	15
It is difficult to say	8	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	6	5	4	6	7

*** 10 Russian politicians who were named most frequently and scored ≥ 4.5%

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

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

**** 10 Russian politicians who were named most frequently and scored ≥ 4.5%

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

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