MOSCOW, November 17. /TASS/. The proportion of Russian citizens' confidence in President Vladimir Putin and amounted at 78.8%, according to the results of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) that published the results of a survey conducted on November 6-12 among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.

"When asked about trust in Putin, 78.8% of respondents answered positively (-0.4% over the week), the approval rate of the Russian president's rose by 0.1% and amounted to 75.7%," the pollsters noted.

"Positive assessment figures for the Prime Minister and the Russian government amounted to 53% (-0.2%) and 50.7% (+0.3%), respectively," the report stressed. Mikhail Mishustin was trusted by 61.1% of respondents (-1.4%).

Those surveyed also expressed their confidence in the heads of various parliamentary factions. Russia’s Communist Party (CPRF) leader Gennady Zyuganov was trusted by 32.6% of respondents (-1.3%), Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia - For Truth, received 30.6% (+0.5%), the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky got 15% (-4.2%), and the leader of The New People party Alexey Nechaev procured 8.2% (remained unchanged over the week).

The poll also revealed that the level of support for the United Russia party stood at 40.1% (+0.7%), with the CPRF supported by 10.1% (+0.5%). The LDPR got 9.5% (no changes), A Just Russia - For Truth procured 4.6% (+0.1%), and The New People party’s figures came to 4.5% (-0.3%).