Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval ratings have dropped to 2011 levels [Anadolu]
Al Jazeera: Revolution of the elderly: Why Putin's rating is falling
Just four months after the Russian elections, Vladimir Putin is facing slumping approval ratings.
According to a survey conducted by the state-funded Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), public trust in President Vladimir Putin has dropped significantly. The July 1 poll found that just 37.9 percent of respondents trusted the president on taking decisions on issues of national importance. Right after the March 18 election, that number stood at 53.6 percent.
The semi-official Public Opinion Fund (FOM) registered a similar drop. Their weekly survey looking into voter confidence found that just 49 percent would vote for Putin if elections were held today, down from 68 percent in late March.
For Putin's 18 years in power, his rating fell that much only once - in December 2011, when hundreds of thousands were protesting against the falsification of the parliamentary elections of that year.
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WNU Editor: The Kremlin's pension reform roll-out has been a disaster. Putin's core support is amlong the 40+ voting bloc, and he has just alienated a good part of that bloc with his decision to raise the retirement age. I also expect more reforms in the next year or two that are going to be even more unpopular. The Kremlin is going out of its way to make its financial books look solid and without debt. Even the defense budget has been cut massively, and chreshed programs like the Su-57 fighter jet have been cancelled. My guess is that because this is Putin's last term .... he has made the decision to make the economic and financial health of the government to be as solid as it has ever been, even if it means cancelling programs that most Russian citizens support and/or are dependent on.
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