Top 3 Russian politicians: Vladimir Putin, Sergey Shoigu, Sergey Lavrov

UFA, 29 December 2016. /Bashinform News Agency, Galiya Nabieva/. In the rating of trust in politicians the Vladimir Putin’s figure has continued to grow and reached 62.1 percent. Positive trend is observed in terms of confidence in Sergey Shoigu (from 11.5 percent to 14 percent). The Top 3 also included Sergey Lavrov (13.8 percent). The Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) presented a rating of trust in politicians.

Evaluation of the President of Russia’s activity for the week increased by one point and reached 86.8 percent. This is the maximum value in 2016. The work of the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, according to the survey on 24-25 December, is approved by 61.2 percent of respondents. The indicator of approval of the Government of the Russian Federation activities after falling to 60.9 percent on December 17-18 rose to 63.2 percent on December 24-25.

The initiative All-Russia opinion poll by VCIOM was conducted in 130 settlements in 46 regions, territories and republics and eight federal districts of Russia on December 24-25, 2016. 1,600 people were included in the sampling. The maximum sampling error does not exceed 3.5 percent.