News - Putin approval rating at lowest since first week of war in Ukraine

As of August 25, the Russian society’s approval rating of President Vladimir Putin's activities has fallen to 72.4 percent, the lowest since the first week of the war in Ukraine, according to the data issued Friday by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (RPORC). In the two weeks since August 11, Putin's approval rating has dropped 4.7 percentage points, the steepest decline since the start of the war in Ukraine. Current indicators of Putin's approval rating are the lowest since February 27, 2022, according to the RPORC data; at that time this indicator was 70.4 percent. In the last weeks of 2022, Putin's approval rating fluctuated between 63-64 percent, but after the start of the war in Ukraine—79 percent. The greatest approval rating, 79.6 percent, was in April 2022, but it has not returned to that indicator. The Russian president's trust rating has also hit an all-time low. According to the RPORC, 75.7 percent of Russians trust Putin, although two weeks ago it was 80.1 percent, and in mid-July—81.5 percent, reports The Moscow Times.