Putin’s approval rating keeps falling. VTsIOM changed its polling methodology, but it didn’t help.

Source: VTsIOM

Russia’s Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) recorded a 1.9 percentage point drop in President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating from the previous week.

According to survey results published on May 29, 67.5% of respondents approve of Putin’s performance as president.

VTsIOM had been tracking a decline in Putin’s approval rating since late March. In early May, the center changed its methodology, adding in-person household surveys to its telephone interviews.

In mid-May, VTsIOM reported a 1.2 percentage point increase in the presidential approval rating, to 66.8%.

The spring decline in Putin’s ratings was also captured by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), another leading polling firm. On May 29, however, FOM reported that trust in Putin had risen from 71% to 73%, and that his presidential approval rating had also changed.

A political strategist working with Russia’s presidential administration told Meduza that the reasons for declining ratings for Putin and United Russia include the blocking of Telegram and mobile internet restrictions, rising prices, and Russians’ war fatigue.

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