In February, the approval ratings of the main public authorities remain consistently high. The approval rates of the State Duma and the government have slightly increased, as well as confidence that things are going in the right direction in the country. The ratings of leading politicians have not changed significantly over the past month.

At the end of February, compared with January, the proportion of those who believe that things are going in the right direction in the country increased slightly. If at the end of last month there were 66%, then this month — 68%. 21% of respondents believe that the country is moving on the wrong path (in January – 24%). The growth of this indicator has been going on for several months.

Putin’s approval rating

Do you approve the activities of V. Putin as the President (Prime Minister) of Russia?

The level of approval (70%) of Mikhail Mishustin’s activities as prime minister remained at the January level. For those who disapprove of his work as prime minister, it has dropped from 23% in January to 20% this month.

Approval of the Prime Minister

Do you approve the activities of the prime minister?

Methodological explanations

69% of respondents approve of the government’s work (67% in January), 26% disapprove (29% in January). This indicator has also been slowly strengthening since October last year.

Approval of the government

Do you approve the activities of the Russian Government?

The assessment of the activity of the heads of regions remains at the January level: 70% approve, about a quarter (24%) disapprove.

The share of respondents approving the activities of the lower house of Parliament has increased. If in January the work of the State Duma was positively assessed by 55%, negatively – by 40%, then in February – by 59% and 34%, respectively.

According to an open question (respondents were asked to name several politicians they most trusted) in February, the level of trust in the main political figures remained at the January level: 43% trust Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Mishustin – 17%, Sergey Lavrov – 15%, Sergei Shoigu – 12%. Only the level of trust in Gennady Zyuganov increased slightly – from 4% to 5%.

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