After a slight decrease in positive opinions on the country’s affairs and the work of the main state institutions last month, attitudes towards them improved slightly. The top ten politicians who enjoy the trust of the respondents have not changed significantly.

The majority of Russians (69%) believe that things are going in the right direction in the country. This indicator stopped the decline that was observed in the last two months (8%), and increased slightly (2%). One in five respondents (20%) says that things are going the wrong way in the country, 11% of respondents found it difficult to answer the question.

The respondents who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction most often are older respondents (73% among those aged 55 and older), respondents who can afford durable goods (73%), Muscovites (77%), TV viewers (85%) and respondents who approve of V. Putin (79%).

Respondents aged 24-39 years (24%), respondents who barely have enough for food (29%), residents of villages and cities with populations from 100 to 500 thousand people (21% each), respondents who trust information from YouTube channels (35%), as well as respondents who disapprove of the activities of the current president (76%) share the view that the country is moving along the wrong path.

About two thirds of Russians (63%) say that they have been experiencing a normal, even state in recent days, 22% of respondents replied that they are experiencing stress, irritation, fear, longing, 15% of respondents said that they have been in a great mood recently. After a decrease last month, the proportion of respondents who experience a normal, even state or a good mood increased slightly, and the proportion of those who experience tension, irritation, fear, and longing decreased slightly.

Most often men (18%), the youngest respondents (22% aged 18-24), respondents who can afford durable goods (20%), those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (16%), those who approve of V. Putin’s activity as President (16%), those who trust Telegram channels as a source of information (20%) express great mood.

Women (27%), older respondents (26% aged 55 and over), respondents who barely have enough to eat (40%), those who think that things in the country are going the wrong way (40%), those who do not approve of V. Putin’s activity as president (42%), those who trust YouTube channels as a source of information (30%) feel tension, irritation, fear, and longing more often than others.

Since July 2024, the level of approval of V. Putin’s activity as President has been slightly decreasing. At the end of September, the share of those who approve of the president’s activities was 84%, and the share of respondents with the opposite opinion was 13%.

V. Putin’s activity as president is more often approved by older respondents (87% of those aged 55 and over), respondents who can afford durable goods (88% each), TV viewers (95%), and respondents who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (97%).

Respondents in the 40-54 age group (16%), respondents who barely have enough to eat (20%), respondents who trust information from YouTube channels (30%), and respondents who believe that the country is heading down the wrong path (50%) disapprove of V. Putin’s actions as president more often.

After a slight decrease, the positive opinion on the Prime Minister’s work increased slightly to 74%. The share of respondents who disapprove of M. Mishustin’s activities was 20%.

The level of approval of the Russian Government’s activities remained almost unchanged: 69% of respondents approve, 26% disapprove.

During the month, there were no changes in the assessment of the work of the lower house of parliament. 58% of respondents approve of the activities of the State Duma, 35% of respondents disapprove.

As a month earlier, 71% of respondents approve of the work of the heads of regions, disapprove – almost every fourth respondent (24%).

The top ten most trusted politicians have not changed (data from an open question is provided, when respondents were asked to name several politicians they most trusted on their own, no hint options were offered). Over the past month, the level of trust in Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Mishustin has not changed (45% and 19%, respectively), at the same time, the level of trust in Sergey Lavrov has slightly increased – 16% (in August – 13%). The level of trust in other politicians has hardly changed: 7% of respondents trust Andrei Belousov, 3% of respondents say they trust Sergei Sobyanin, Dmitry Medvedev, Gennady Zyuganov, Vyacheslav Volodin, another 2% of respondents named Valentina Matvienko and Sergei Shoigu, the latter’s rating has decreased by 8 percentage points since February 2024.