Number Of Putin`s, Medvedev`s Supporters Growing In Russia - Poll

In August, 63 per cent of those polled said they were satisfied with Vladimir Putin's work as president, compared to 68 per cent in September, according to a poll conducted among 1,600 respondents in 130 towns and villages in 45 regions of the Russian Federation on 21-24 September. 

The percentage of those who are dissatisfied with his work dropped from 35 per cent to 31 per cent. 

Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev's approval rating has also went up from 57 per cent in August to 61 per cent in September. The number of those dissatisfied with his work dropped from 41 per cent to 38 per cent. 

Asked by sociologists whether they approved of the work of the Russian government as a whole, still half of the respondents (51 per cent) said no. According to the Levada Centre, since May this figure has increased by five percentage points. The number of those dissatisfied with the Duma's work has increased by five percentage points as well (from 55 per cent to 60 per cent). 

During the survey, the respondents were asked to name politicians who they trusted most. 

In September, 36 per cent of respondents chose Putin, 23 per cent Dmitriy Medvedev, 10 per cent Moscow Region governor Sergey Shoygu, 8 per cent Communist Party leader Gennadiy Zyuganov and 8 per cent Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovskiy. 

The top ten also included Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (6 per cent) and businessman Mikhail Prokhorov (5 per cent). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, leader of the A Just Russia party Sergeyi Mironov and Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko got the support of 4 per cent of the respondents each. 

Twenty-two per cent of the respondents do not trust any Russian politician, according to Levada Centre.