This survey took place between August 23–30, 2018 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 136 localities of 52 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys.
The statistical error of these studies for a selection 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 THE 5-6 POLITICIANS/PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST MOST. (open question — respondents name the people they trust BY THEMSELVES; ranked in descending order according to September 2018) *
| Nov. 17 | Jun. 13 | Sep. 18 | |
| Putin V. | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Zhirinovsky V. | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Shoygu S. | 23 | 19 | 15 |
| Lavrov S. | 19 | 14 | 10 |
| Medvedev D. | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Zyuganov G. | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Grudinin P. | – | 7 | 4 |
| Sobyanin S. | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Navalny A. | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mironov S. | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Not interested in politics | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| None | 14 | 21 | 18 |
| It is difficult to say/don’t know/no answer | 11 | 12 | 18 |
PLEASE NAME THE 5-6 POLITICIANS OR PUBLIC FIGURES WHOM YOU TRUST LEAST. (open question — respondents name the people they don’t trust BY THEMSELVES; ranked in descending order according to September 2018) *
| Nov. 17 | Jun. 13 | Sep. 18 | |
| Medvedev D. | 19 | 30 | 31 |
| Zhirinovsky V. | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Putin V. | 7 | 11 | 13 |
| Zyuganov G. | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Yavlinsky G. | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Sobchak K. | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| Navalny A. | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Mironov S. | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Nabiullina E. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kudrin A. | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Matviyenko V. | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Golikova T. | <1 | 2 | 2 |
| Chubais A. | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Siluanov A. | 1 | – | 2 |
| I don’t trust any of them | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Not interested in politics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| None | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| It is difficult to say/don’t know/no answer | 32 | 23 | 28 |
* 11 most frequently mentioned Russian politicians who received ≥ 2% in September 2018.
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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