MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. President Vladimir Putin’s performance approval has retained peak levels of 86 to 89% for already year-and-a-half, the director of the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center WCIOM, Valery Fedorov, told reporters on Thursday.

"For the whole year, the level of approval of Vladimir Putin’s activity as president has remained stable and stably high. There have been some fluctuations, but meager, between 86 and 89%," he said. These figures have remained high from May 2014, he said.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s rating has been stable during the year, between 67 and 72%, according to WCIOM.