Approvals of the presidential performance are at 62.1%; approvals of the Russian government are at 39.5%.

MOSCOW, January 18, 2019. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the ratings of trust in politicians, assessments of the performance of government institutions, and attitudes towards political parties.

The level of approval of the presidential performance is 62.1%, according to the January 13^th 2019 figure. Approvals of the work of the prime minister and the government are   35.0% and 39.5%, respectively.

The political leaders’ rating is still headed by Vladimir Putin: 33.4% on January 2019. He is followed by Sergey Shoygu (13.7%) on the second place and Sergey Lavrov (9.3%) on the third place. The “anti-rating” is still headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky (26.3%).

On January 13^th, 2019, the United Russia electoral rating was at 33.8% (mean). Support levels for KPRF is 16.3%; for LDPR, 11.6%; for A Just Russia party, 6%.

VCIOM-Sputnik surveys were conducted from November 2018 through January 2019 and involved Russians aged 18 and over. Since June 18^th, 1,600 of respondents have been surveyed on a daily basis.  A five-day mean is taken (January 9-13). The survey was telephone-based and was carried out using stratified dual-frame random sample based on a complete list of landline and mobile phone numbers operating in Russia. The data were weighted according to selection probability and social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 1% for the data collected during the five days (8,000 respondents). In addition to sampling error, minor changes in question wording and different circumstances arising during the fieldwork can introduce bias into the survey.

* Question: “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of …?” (closed-ended question, one answer per each institution) 

* Question: “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of …?” (closed-ended question, one answer per each institution) 

* Question: “We all tend to trust some people and distrust others. Speaking about the politicians, who would you entrust important public matters to?” (open-ended question, any number of answers)

* Question: “We all tend to trust some people and distrust others. Speaking about the politicians, who would you entrust important public matters to?” (open-ended question, any number of answers)

*Question: “If the Russian State Duma elections took place next Sunday, which of the following parties would you vote for?” (closed-ended question, one answer)

From January 23, 2018, when asking a question the operator reads the answer option “Don’t know” (previously this option was not pronounced).

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