Putin's ratings are falling. Due to blockades, new restrictions, and… (путин · неделя · рейтинг)
Putin's ratings are falling. Due to blockades, new restrictions, and frequent Ukrainian air attacks on Moscow and other Russian regions, according to the state VCIOM data, Putin's rating has been declining for seven weeks until the end of April.
Consensus
- Approval rating for Vladimir Putin dropped to 73.3% in a VCIOM poll from June 22-28
- The decline was 3.4 percentage points compared to the previous week
- Trust in President Putin's work fell to 66.9%
- The drop was noted as the fastest since the start of the war
- Multiple polling organizations reported similar trends
Points of divergence
- The change in methodology (combining phone and door-to-door interviews) coincided with a temporary increase in ratings after switching from purely telephone surveys, but the overall trend still shows decline — thebell
- This is the fastest drop since the beginning of the war, with previous major drops occurring in April 2024 and August 2024 — novaya_eu
- The decline has been ongoing for seven weeks leading up to early April before a temporary recovery following methodological changes — thebell
Coverage (2 sources)
- Trust in Putin and the government continues to fall - all three polls show a decline — The Bell
- Trust in Putin is falling at a record pace during the war — Новая газета Европа