Monday, October 8, 2018

Russian Trust In President Putin Declines To 39%

Kremlin.ru

Moscow Times: Trust in Putin Drops to 39% as Russians Face Later Retirement, Poll Says

Trust in President Vladimir Putin has dropped by 20 points in a year as the public continues to express dissatisfaction with a new law that pushes back retirement for many middle-aged working Russians, new survey results say.

Putin signed into law controversial legislation to raise the pension eligibility age to 65 for men and 60 for women starting in 2019 last week despite months of nationwide protests. The independent Levada Center pollster said last week that trust in the Russian presidency as an institution had sunk to pre-Crimean annexation levels amid rising anger over the unpopular law.

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WNU Editor: This is a statistic that the Kremlin watches very closely. And I am willing to bet that hey are peeved off with this low number.

More News On Reports That Russian Trust In President Putin Has Declined To 39%

Trust in Putin has fallen to 39 per cent among Russians - his lowest rating since 2014 -- Daily Mail
Russian trust in Putin plunges to 39 percent -- France 24
Trust in Vladimir Putin declines steeply among Russians, poll shows -- The Guardian

2 comments:

Roger Smith said...


"trust has sunk to pre-Crimean annexation levels". He must be taking lessons from the prior occupant of the White House.
Putincare=obamacare.
To change the retirement age doesn't speak well for his economic leadership. What he needs is a little bottle of Trump's Famous Economic Hot Sauce. Right Fred?

kidd said...

I told you stay out of the promise land it's not 4 you Russian soldiers