The level of trust in Zhirinovsky doubled over the month

Since February 27, the share of Russians who reported their confidence in the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party has grown from 29.1% to 45.9%, according to VTsIOM data. In early February, Zhirinovsky was hospitalized, since then he has not made public statements.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky (right)

(Photo: Pavel Golovkin / AP)

The level of confidence of Russian citizens in the activities of LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has doubled since his hospitalization in early February. should from the data of the VTsIOM study.

On February 27, when asked whether they trust Zhirinovsky, 29.1% of respondents answered in the affirmative. This figure began to grow after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine: on March 6, the center reported that 34.4% trusted the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, and 39.5% a week later.

According to data for March 20, 45.9% of respondents expressed this point of view (plus 6.4% for the week).

Zhirinovsky is in third place among Russian politicians after Vladimir Putin (80.6%) and Mikhail Mishustin (62.6%), follows from a study by VTsIOM. It follows that Putin and Mishustin are the only politicians with a positive confidence index (calculated as the difference between positive and negative ratings): 65 and 42, respectively. Zhirinovsky’s figure is zero.

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