Only 15.7% of respondents do not approve of Putin’s performance as president, while 77.7% of those sampled said they trusted the Russian leader, and 74% approved of his performance, the survey showed.
The poll found that 18.3% of respondents expressed mistrust in the Russian president.
The survey was conducted from September 4-10 among 1,600 Russian citizens. The margin of error does not exceed 1%.