The ROMIR Monitoring public opinion survey has shown that 37% of those polled fully trust the president, another 45% said they are more likely to trust him than not, and 3% were undecided.
The margin of error is about 2.6%.
Putin's trust rating is highest in the country's Northwestern and Siberian Federal Districts.
Fifty-one percent of those polled said that the president has managed to bring order to the country, while 46% have the opposite opinion.
Twenty-six percent of Russians said that the president has not accomplished his goals due to resistance from "major businessmen and oligarchs."
Among other reasons as to why Putin has been unable to fulfill his objectives, respondents mentioned resistance from the State Duma (13%), the ineffective performance of the presidential administration (11%), the poor performance of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (11%), the president's ineffective governance of the country (6%), resistance from regional leaders (5%), and interference by western countries (3%).
Fourteen percent of those surveyed said that nothing has prevented the president from accomplishing his goals.
Putin plans to run in the presidential elections, scheduled for March 14. He will be competing with nine other people, four of whom have been nominated by political parties and five others who have put forth their nominations themselves.
The Russian Central Elections Commission registered Liberal Democratic Party member Oleg Malyshkin as a presidential candidate on Thursday. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG POL VOTE] tm tj <>
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