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2.9 Putin & government’s popularity
There was little change in the opinion polls in August. President Vladimir Putin’s popularity ticked down by one point to 67% and that of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ticked up by 2 points to but only to 36% as he remains deeply unpopular.
The most noteworthy result is that the governors remain very popular with 65% but the Duma remains very unpopular with 37% on a par with the Prime Minister.
The popularity of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has overtaken that of Russian President Vladimir Putin according to Russian independent pollster the Levada Center and Ukrainian pollster Ratings Group found, just as Russian get more vocal in calling out the state's injustices.
According to the later, Zelenskiy's popularity has risen from 58% in July to 71% in August/September according to Ratings Group poll in September, overtaking Putin for the first time. The Russian president has seen his popularity fall slightly from 68% to 67% over the same period, according to a Levada poll.
Zelenskiy was swept to power in a landslide victory in April and after his party followed up with another landslide in the July general election, his government has thrown itself into the game with a welter of high profile anti-corruption legislation. Zelenskiy also pulled off a major PR victory by organising a POW swap with Russia, the first major exchange of prisoners since hostilities began
12 RUSSIA Country Report October 2019 ww.intellinews.com