The open-ended rating was calculated by allowing respondents to name the politicians they trust, without prompting. That figure contrasted sharply with results from direct, prompted questions asking about trust in Putin, which showed 73.8 percent in early April and 72.3 percent in late May.
VCIOM data showed the open-ended rating declined 5.5 percentage points since the start of the year and 19.5 points from March 2024 highs. It is also down by more than half from a 68 percent peak in 2014. The last open-ended rating was published April 5, covering March; VCIOM’s website did not post data for April and May.
VCIOM’s weekly approval rating for Putin stood at 66.6 percent as of May 31 and had fallen for two consecutive weeks, despite a change in survey method from phone interviews to door
According to VCIOM, Putin’s approval is at its lowest level since February 2022; only one pre