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Russia after Putin also took a hit with his popularity falling from 23% to 15%.
Opposition firebrand and Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky actually saw trust in him rise by one point to 15% of the period to now make him the second most popular politician in Russia. Recently re-elected Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin also gained one point but remains in single digits with only 4% of Russians saying they trust him.
Medvedev may have seen his trust rating stay more or less the same but he also has the dubious honour of leading the sister poll that asked: “which politician don't you trust” with a score of 31%, up from 19% over the same period. Oddly enough Zhirinovsky is also second in that poll and also saw his score rise there too from 18% to 20% over the same period. Putin was third and saw his “don’t trust” rating increase from 7% to 13% in the same period.
WHICH POLITICIANS, PUBLIC FIGURES DO YOU TRUST MOST?
Nov.17
Jun.18
Sep.18
Putin V.
59
48
39
Zhirinovsky V.
14
14
15
Shoigu S.
23
19
15
Lavrov S.
19
14
10
Medvedev D.
11
9
10
Zyuganov G.
10
7
8
Grudinin P.
-
7
4
Sobyanin S.
3
4
4
Navalny A.
2
2
3
Mironov S.
4
2
2
Not interested in politics
1
1
1
There are no such
14
21
18
Difficult to answer / I do not know / no answer
11
12
18
Source: https://www.levada.ru/2018/10/08/doverie-politikam-2/
2.2 Govt reform plans to 2024 unrealistic
On October 1 the government published the Main Directions of Government Activity to 2024, the blueprint for how it intends to implement the goals set out in Vladimir Putin’s May decrees. The key interlinked economic goals are to raise the growth rate to over 3% of GDP a year and the investment rate to 25%
9 RUSSIA Country Report November 2018 www.intellinews.com