MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are considered to be the most trusted Russian politicians by the citizens, a recent opinion poll revealed.
According to the survey by the the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), Putin's credibility rating reached 62.1 percent as of late December, while 14 percent of respondents trust Shoigu, and 13.8 percent trust Lavrov.
The distrust rating is led by leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky (21.2 percent), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (11.6 percent) and Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov (10.1 percent).
The all-Russian opinion poll was conducted by VTsIOM on December 24-25, 2016, in 130 cities around the country among 1,600 people aged 18 and older. The maximum margin of error is no higher than 3.5 percent.
