Russian public’s confidence in Putin surpasses 81%, poll reveals
The level of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin has increased by 0.5 percentage points to 81.3% over the week, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center published on Friday. ● "When asked about [their] confidence in Putin, 81.3% of the Russians polled answered positively (+0.5 percentage points over the week). The level of approval of the Russian president’s activities was 78.3% (+0.2 p.p. over the week)," the results of a survey conducted among 1,600 Russian adults from August 1 to August 7 showed.