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Mishustin work for all of his last decade, while head of the tax service, despite his low public profile, scoring between 24% and 41% approval versus 51% and 71% disapproval with a short period at the start of 2017 when his approval just exceeded his disapproval. But since Mishustin was appointed prime minister his approval numbers reversed and in the latest poll 48% of respondents approved of his work (despite the fact he hasn't done anything yet), while 37% disapproved, with another 15% abstaining – a very high level of abstention for these approval polls, where abstentions are typically only 1-2%. It seems so far Russians are giving him the benefit of the doubt; and “anyone is better than Medvedev” sentiments probably play a role here too as Medvedev was always deeply unpopular.
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