Thursday, March 20, 2014

Putin Is Riding A Wave Of Popularity In Russia. More Than 80% Of Russians Also Feel Patriotic

Over 80 percent of Russians identify themselves as patriots, according to survey results published Monday by a state-backed pollster. © RIA Novosti. Ramil Sytdikhov

Putin’s Public Approval Rating Hits Five-Year Record High - Poll -- Voice of Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin's rating has hit a five-year record high, according to a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (WCIOM) on March 15-16.

The survey, published on Thursday, showed that 75.7 percent of 1,600 respondents in 130 Russian towns and cities approved of their leader's policy.

"A difficult political situation in Ukraine and the preparation for a referendum in Crimea drove Putin’s approval rating to such a high level," sociologists said. "63 percent said these were the main events of the past week. Another 32 percent of the respondents voiced their approval following the triumph of Russia’s Paralympic team at the Winter Games in Sochi."

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Update #1: More than 80% of Russians Feel Patriotic -- RIA Novosti
Update #2: Number of Russians who think their country is ‘great’ just hit 15-year high -- Washington Post

My Comment: This is not going to last.

2 comments:

James said...

" This is not going to last." Never does, but I bet Putin knows and has allowed for that. He'll just ride this wave until he starts working on the old us against them theme, which if I remember correctly works pretty well in Russia.

Don Bacon said...

It will last. The 'Soviet syndrome' is over (in the fashion of the US and its Vietnam syndrome).