| The All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) published on 28 May the results of an opinion poll conducted on 23-26 May of 1,600 respondents, according to the center's website (http://www.wciom.ru/).
The poll found that President Putin's approval rating fell to 70 percent from 73
percent last month -- reaching its lowest level since December 2000, when his rating was 68 percent. The center also found that the rating for the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia party rose from 21 percent last month to 23 percent in May. The Communist Party continued to have the highest rating with 28 percent, while the rating of Deputy Duma Speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party of Russia rose from 7 to 10 percent, and Yabloko's inched up from 6 percent to 8 percent.
See also:
State Duma Elections 2003
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