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should they happen (chart). But that fell to 16% and 9% respectively by the next poll in May. August and November, the subsequent polls saw similar results where the propensity to protest was 17% and only 10-11% saying they would participate.
The story with the propensity to protest with economic demands is very similar: 29% thought that economic protests were possible in February, but that fell to 17%, 20% and 17% in the next polls in May, August and November respectively. Those that said they would participate if protests happened were 14%, 16% and 15% respectively. (chart) The reason for the low support for protests could partly be blamed by the repressive crackdown on the opposition and harsh laws that have been introduced to control the dialogue within the country. Criticising the war, or indeed even calling it a “war”, now carries long prison sentences. Spending on domestic security in the 2022-2025 federal budget has been hugely increased and is on a par with military spending, which suggests that the Kremlin would move rapidly to break up any domestic anti-war protests and jail those involved.
The level of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin has increased by 0.4 percentage points in one week, reaching 78.3%, according to a survey by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center published on December 16.
"When asked about [their] confidence in Vladimir Putin, 78.3% of those polled answered positively (+0.4 percentage points over one week). The level of approval of the Russian president's work was 74.3% (unchanged)," the report noted.
The Russian government’s work was approved by 47.9% of the respondents (-1.2 percentage points), while Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s endeavors were approved by 51.4% of those polled (-1.3 percentage points over one week). The report specified that the prime minister is trusted by 60.9% of the respondents (-0.6 percentage points over the week).
Those surveyed also expressed their opinions about the leadership of Russia’s parliamentary factions. Thus, 32.8% trust CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov (+0.3 percentage points per week), Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia - For Truth, gained 29.5% (-1.9 percentage points over one week), the leader of The New People party Alexey Nechaev received 8.7% (+0.7 percentage points over the week), while LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky got 15.6% (-0.3 percentage points per week).
The level of support for the United Russia party stood at 37.9% (+0.2 percentage points over one week), with the CPRF supported by 10.3% (-0.4 percentage points over the week). The New People party’s figures came to 4.6% (-0.3 percentage points per week), while the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) got 8.3% (-0.2 percentage points over one week), and A Just
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