Syria air strikes push Putin's rating to new high: Russian state pollster
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[QUOTE]MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, Russia's state pollster said on Thursday.
VTsIOM, the pollster, said Putin's rating had reached 89.9 percent in October, up from a previous high of 89.1 percent in June. In January 2012, it put his rating at 58.8 percent.
"Such a high level of approval for the work of the Russian president is linked, in the first instance, to events in Syria, to Russian air strikes on terrorist positions there," VTsIOM said in a statement.
Russia's air force says it has flown over 700 sorties against more than 690 targets in Syria since Sept. 30, a campaign to which state TV has given blanket coverage.
Before the strikes, polls showed Russians were wary about the risks of Kremlin involvement in the Middle East. But a poll conducted earlier this month showed that 72 percent had a broadly positive opinion of the Russian air campaign.
Putin, whose third term as president lasts until 2018, has enjoyed a rating of over 80 percent for more than a year and a half, VTsIOM said.
The country's other main pollster, the Levada Center, which is not linked to the Kremlin, has also registered strong public approval for Putin, saying he scored a rating of 83 percent in August this year.
VTsIOM said Putin's rating had begun to grow strongly in spring last year, a period that coincided with Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.[/QUOTE]
People do like a strongman in politics.
Putin's still cheating in polls? Not surprising.
Yeah, I'd double check if VTsIOM told me that the sky is blue during the day, black at night, the grass is mostly green, snow is white and 2+2=4. Huge ratings of approval for Putin won't surprise me one bit, but that's not the kind of statistics I'd believe, I suspect that VTsIOM will immediately fall apart and catch fire if they publish something truthful just once.
How's your economy doing Russia?
[QUOTE=Benx303;48957870]Putin's still cheating in polls? Not surprising.[/QUOTE]
He doesn't have to.
Majority of Russian public genuinely loves him.
He might be suppressing the minority opposition from speaking up and spreading, but as it is, he has a shitton of genuine support.
Shame on you Putin! Only 90 out of 184.733 percent?
Try harder next time.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;48958268]He doesn't have to.
Majority of Russian public genuinely loves him.
He might be suppressing the minority opposition from speaking up and spreading, but as it is, he has a shitton of genuine support.[/QUOTE]
"Opposition"
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