OREANDA-NEWS  The majority (77.8%) of Russians trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, 75.3% of Russian citizens approve of his work as head of state, according to a survey by the VTsIOM analytical center published on its website.

77.8% of Russians polled trust Putin, while 17% of respondents expressed distrust of the head of state. In addition, 75.3% of Russian citizens approve of his activities as president, while 15.1% disapprove.

47% of Russians approve of the work of the Russian government, while 20.9% disapprove. At the same time, 58.3% of respondents expressed confidence in Mikhail Mishustin, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation, while 20.2% said they did not trust him.