Poll reveals level of Russian public's confidence in Putin

The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin amounted to over 80%, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre that published the results of a survey conducted between April 10 and 16 among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.

"When asked about trust in Putin, 80.1 per cent of respondents answered positively (+0.4 per cent over the week), the approval rate of the Russian president's work was up by 0.4 per cent and stood at 77.5 per cent," TASS reports, citing the pollster.

"Positive assessment figures for the Prime Minister and the Russian government amounted to 54.8 per cent (-0.1 per cent) and 51.8 per cent (-2.3 per cent), respectively," the report stressed. Mikhail Mishustin was trusted by 63.3 per cent of respondents (-0.2 per cent over the week).

Those surveyed also expressed their confidence in the heads of various parliamentary factions. Russia’s Communist Party (CPRF) leader Gennady Zyuganov was trusted by 33.5% of respondents (-0.1 per cent), Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia - For Truth, received 30.7 per cent (-0.6 per cent), the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky got 17.7 per cent (+1.4 per cent), and the leader of The New People party Alexey Nechayev procured 6.7 per cent (-1.1 per cent).