Breaking Human Rights and Democracy Trust in Medvedev, Putin Falls Among Russians
| Trust in Medvedev, Putin Falls Among Russians |
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| Written by smoc | |||
| Tuesday, 03 November 2009 19:51 | |||
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Of the surveyed, trust in President Medvedev dropped from his record 62 percent to 56, and from 72 to 66 percent for Prime Minister Putin. According to the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, the drop in ratings elicited shock from the Prime Minister’s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, who called it a “paradox.” The administration is considering the fluctuation to be a result of “seasonal factors.” Possible seasonal factors include a traditional rise in early November of protest activity, as well as rigged elections in October that gave sweeping wins across the country to Prime Minister Putin’s leading United Russia party.
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Paul Goble, writing for the Eurasia Daily Monitor: Taking advantage of a “marked” decline in US activity in the former Soviet space, President Dmitry Medvedev is moving to “minimize” what some in Moscow see as the negative “consequences of the most serious geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” by setting “a certain Union of Sovereign Super-loyal Republics.” |
According to a survey done by the Russian non-profit 