Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Moscow, SANA-The level of the Russian public’s confidence in President Vladimir Putin rose by 1.2 percentage points to 81.2% in the past week, according to a poll published by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center on Friday.
The poll involving 1,600 respondents over 18 years of age was conducted on August 15-21.
“When asked if they trusted Putin, 81.2% of the poll’s participants said yes (a 1.2 percentage point rise from the week before). The share of people approving of the way the president is handling his job was 78.4% (0.6 percentage points higher than last week),” the pollster said.
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