MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. The level of trust and confidence among Russians in President Vladimir Putin amounts to almost 80%, leading pollsters said.

"When asked about their trust in Putin, 82% of respondents answered positively (no changes since March 31). In addition, the majority of the population (82%) is confident that he is doing a good job as head of state," the Public Opinion Foundation said in releasing the findings of a poll that surveyed 1,500 adult residents of Russia on April 5-7.

"When asked about their trust in Putin, 79.7% of respondents answered positively (a 2.1 p.p. decline), and the Russian president’s approval rating has stood at 77.8% (a 0.5 p.p. decline)," the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) said after releasing its findings from a poll of 1,600 adult residents of Russia conducted on April 1-7.

The Russian government’s job approval rating stood at 60% (a 1 p.p. rise), while 61% of Russians surveyed said they approved of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s job performance (a 4 p.p. increase), the Public Opinion Foundation said, whereas, according to VCIOM, the Russian government’s job approval rating stood at 56.2% (a 0.1 p.p. drop), while 53.9% of Russians approved of Mishustin’s job performance (no changes). A total of 62.3% of respondents said they trusted Mishustin (a 1.7 p.p. drop).

According to the Public Opinion Foundation, the level of popular support for Russia’s main political parties stood at 50% for the ruling United Russia party (a 4 p.p. drop), 7% for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) (no changes), 8% for the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) (a 2 p.p. rise), 3% for the A Just Russia-For Truth party (a 1 p.p. increase), and 4% for the New People party (a 1 p.p. rise).

In turn, VCIOM said that 28% of respondents trust longtime CPRF head Gennady Zyuganov (a 1.5 p.p. drop); 26.3% trust A Just Russia-For Truth leader Sergey Mironov (a 1.2 p.p. rise); 20.8% trust LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky (a 2.1 p.p. increase); and 7.2% trust New People party chairman Alexey Nechayev (a 0.9 p.p. rise).

As for the political parties themselves, VCIOM reported that the level of popular support stood at 41.6% for the ruling United Russia party (a 1 p.p. drop), 8.7% for the CPRF (a 0.2 p.p. drop), 8.2% for the LDPR (a 0.5 p.p. rise), 3.4% for A Just Russia-For Truth (a 0.4 p.p. increase), and 7.8% for New People (a 0.2 p.p. rise).