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Recent Levada Center Polls Show That Putin Remains Dominant In Russian Political System
March 1, 2021
There was good news for Vladimir Putin in the latest Levada Center Poll[1] discussed by Levada sociologist Denis Volkov in a broadcast on the Echo of Moscow radio station. Levada is considered an independent public opinion research organization, although it is labeled a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice, as it is the recipient of foreign grants.
A plurality of 48% of the respondents would like to see Putin continue in office after his current term expires in 2024; 41% would like him to leave office. This represents only a slight drop for Putin. In 2020, the response to the same question was 46% supporting his remaining in office with 40% opposed. Volkov attributes the decline in support to the impact of the pension reform, and the general increase in dissatisfaction against the backdrop of the economic crisis and the pandemic. [2]