Vladimir Putin in the polls: approval history and what happened
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President of Russia▲+1+1 points in approval: Levada Center, 31 Oct 2026, against the same pollster's previous poll (30 Sep 2026)
Approval of Vladimir Putin's activities (Levada Center, monthly)
Last recorded collection: 30/10/2026, 15:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.
Study, data and source-check dates are separate. Last successful source check: 12/11/2026, 18:05 (Lisbon). Last attempt: 12/11/2026, 18:05 (Lisbon). Last failure: 12/11/2026, 03:05 (Lisbon). Check completed. An unchanged source does not renew the data date.
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Approval · Disapproval · 317 polls, from 31 Aug 1999 to 31 Oct 2026
▲31 Dec 1999–31 Jan 2000 · rise at Levada Center (+5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Jan–31 Mar 2000 · fall at Levada Center (−5 to −9 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny, Chechen capital Grozny falls to Russian troops. source ↗
▲31 Mar–30 Apr 2000 · rise at Levada Center (+7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼30 Apr–31 May 2000 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Oct–30 Nov 2000 · rise at Levada Center (+6 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Dec 2000–31 Jan 2001 · rise at Levada Center (+8 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Jan–28 Feb 2001 · fall at Levada Center (−7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲28 Feb–31 Mar 2001 · rise at Levada Center (+6 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Mar–30 Apr 2001 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Oct–30 Nov 2001 · rise at Levada Center (+5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼30 Nov–31 Dec 2001 · fall at Levada Center (−7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Oct–30 Nov 2002 · rise at Levada Center (+6 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Dec 2002–31 Jan 2003 · fall at Levada Center (−7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 May–30 Jun 2003 · rise at Levada Center (+7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Oct–31 Dec 2003 · rise at Levada Center (+5 to +8 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Attempting to calm fears that the recent takeover of oil giant YUKOS will mean a return to the era of a state-managed economy, Russian president Vladimir Putin tells Russian businessmen that the government is not planning to take control of the economy. source ↗
· Vladimir Putin removes his Chief of Staff Aleksandr Voloshin as the political battle with the "Russian oligarchs" and between hard-liners and liberals, continues. Russian judicial authorities have seized control of Yukos, the giant oil company. source ↗
▼31 Dec 2003–31 Jan 2004 · fall at Levada Center (−7 points in approval against the previous poll)
▲31 Oct–30 Nov 2005 · rise at Levada Center (+5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Japan with 100 business leaders for trade talks. source ↗
▼30 Apr–31 May 2008 · fall at Levada Center (−6 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russia's new Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces his cabinet. source ↗
▲31 Aug–30 Sep 2008 · rise at Levada Center (+5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russia's PM Vladimir Putin accuses unnamed individuals in the U.S. of orchestrating Georgia's military actions preceding the conflict with Russia. Putin says the US provoked Georgia conflict. source ↗
▼30 Sep–31 Oct 2008 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Jan–28 Feb 2009 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
▼31 Dec 2009–31 Jan 2010 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russians are surprised by a cartoon "gently lampooning" Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin who are portrayed dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. source ↗
· Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin opens the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline. source ↗
▼31 Dec 2010–31 Jan 2011 · fall at Levada Center (−7 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russian president Dmitry Medvedev fires top airport security officials, two days after the suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport. source ↗
▼31 May–30 Jun 2012 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Vladimir Putin makes a rare trip to Israel and discusses Iran's nuclear program and the uprising in Syria. source ↗
· United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss the uprising in Syria, Iran, and trade at the summit. source ↗
· UEFA slaps Russia with a suspended six-point deduction due to the behaviour of their fans during their victory over the Czech Republic; Russian president Vladimir Putin blames Poland for the trouble. source ↗
· The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, begins a three-day visit to China. source ↗
▲28 Feb–30 Apr 2014 · rise at Levada Center (+13 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russian President Vladimir Putin admits having sent Russian forces to Crimea last month to protect its military equipment there. source ↗
· The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs the legislation completing the annexation of Crimea. source ↗
· Saying she cannot be part of a network that "whitewashes the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin", Washington-based anchor Liz Wahl resigns on-air from the Russian government-backed news channel RT. source ↗
· Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference, saying that “force isn’t needed right now” after deploying roughly 16,000 troops to Crimea. source ↗
· Vladimir Putin orders troops near the Ukraine border to return to their bases with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling the military exercises a "success". source ↗
▼29 Feb–31 Mar 2020 · fall at Levada Center (−6 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· the government decided to close all automobile, railway, pedestrian, river, or other border checkpoints, including on the Belarus border, with exceptions similar to that of the air travel restrictions. source ↗
· President Vladimir Putin orders that the week between 28 March and 5 April will be a nationwide paid holiday and declares the closing of all restaurants and shops during this week. source ↗
· President Vladimir Putin postpones a referendum on constitutional changes that could extend his time in office for two more six-year terms because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's current term runs through 2024. source ↗
· Vladimir Putin backs a constitutional amendment that would allow him to remain in power after 2024 and make a lifetime presidency possible. source ↗
▲31 Jul–31 Aug 2020 · rise at Levada Center (+6 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· A Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny felt unwell while being on a place from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, and Navalny was taken to the hospital, where he fell into a coma. He was transported to Germany shortly after. The German government later announced that the politician was poisoned. source ↗
· President Alexander Lukashenko issues an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he considers the protests "not a threat to just Belarus anymore". Statements by both sides contained a pointed reference to the Union State between the two countries. Meanwhile, opposition candidate leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who is exiled in Lithuania, calls for more protests. source ↗
· Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the approval of a vaccine against COVID‑19, named Gam-COVID-Vac, claiming it as a "world-first", amid continued concern and unanswered questions over its safety and effectiveness. source ↗
· Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, a 29-year-old student, is sentenced for nine years in a Russian penal colony for assaulting two police officers while drunk last year in Moscow. Reed's father told reporters after the verdict he is planning to appeal directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. source ↗
▲28 Feb–30 Apr 2022 · rise at Levada Center (+11 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation to the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also invited to the summit. source ↗
· UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Moscow in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before the meeting, Guterres calls for a ceasefire to end the war. source ↗
· President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine are continuing ceasefire talks online. source ↗
· Vladimir Putin tells his troops not to storm the Azovstal iron and steel works building in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, calling that plan "impractical" and instead ordering a blockade of the area. source ↗
· Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Turkey is still working on organizing a potential meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. source ↗
▼31 Aug–30 Sep 2022 · fall at Levada Center (−6 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· Russian president Vladimir Putin signs accession treaties to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. However, the accession treaties must be ratified by both houses of the Russian parliament before becoming effective under Russian law. source ↗
· President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as independent territories. source ↗
· Putin announced in a speech that Russia had annexed the four regions occupied during the conflict. source ↗
· Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Nord Stream gas leaks "an unprecedented act of international terrorism". source ↗
· Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree recognizing the "independence" of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, which were proclaimed yesterday. source ↗
▼31 May–30 Jun 2026 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· The European Union imposes sanctions on Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan, Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov and several other individuals and entities over the war in Ukraine and the death of Alexei Navalny. source ↗
· President Putin signs a law allowing for the seizure of property and bank funds of expatriate Russians accused of acting against national interests. source ↗
· The Russian government lifts restrictions on access to Roblox. source ↗
· The UN adds Russia to its blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones for suspected sexual violence against Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian war. source ↗
A rise or fall is marked when at least two pollsters, each compared only with itself, move 5 points or more in the same direction (between polls less than two months apart) over overlapping periods. The events come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): those naming the leader on «Portal:Current events» and the political events on the country's page for that year («2026 in Portugal», for example), with no sport or celebrities. We show what happened; we do not say it was the cause. There is only one pollster here: a move of 5 points or more by it is enough.
Approval · Disapproval · 12 polls, from 30 Nov 2025 to 31 Oct 2026
▼31 May–30 Jun 2026 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· The European Union imposes sanctions on Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan, Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov and several other individuals and entities over the war in Ukraine and the death of Alexei Navalny. source ↗
· President Putin signs a law allowing for the seizure of property and bank funds of expatriate Russians accused of acting against national interests. source ↗
· The Russian government lifts restrictions on access to Roblox. source ↗
· The UN adds Russia to its blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones for suspected sexual violence against Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian war. source ↗
A rise or fall is marked when at least two pollsters, each compared only with itself, move 5 points or more in the same direction (between polls less than two months apart) over overlapping periods. The events come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): those naming the leader on «Portal:Current events» and the political events on the country's page for that year («2026 in Portugal», for example), with no sport or celebrities. We show what happened; we do not say it was the cause. There is only one pollster here: a move of 5 points or more by it is enough.
Approval · Disapproval · 6 polls, from 31 May 2026 to 31 Oct 2026
▼31 May–30 Jun 2026 · fall at Levada Center (−5 points in approval against the previous poll)
In that period, according to Wikipedia:
· The European Union imposes sanctions on Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan, Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov and several other individuals and entities over the war in Ukraine and the death of Alexei Navalny. source ↗
· President Putin signs a law allowing for the seizure of property and bank funds of expatriate Russians accused of acting against national interests. source ↗
· The Russian government lifts restrictions on access to Roblox. source ↗
· The UN adds Russia to its blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones for suspected sexual violence against Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian war. source ↗
A rise or fall is marked when at least two pollsters, each compared only with itself, move 5 points or more in the same direction (between polls less than two months apart) over overlapping periods. The events come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): those naming the leader on «Portal:Current events» and the political events on the country's page for that year («2026 in Portugal», for example), with no sport or celebrities. We show what happened; we do not say it was the cause. There is only one pollster here: a move of 5 points or more by it is enough.
Each dot is the pollster's own, as published; the 30-day average is ours and explained in the chart. We compare no countries, and nothing comes from the headlines. Read from the Levada Center website with collection scheduled every 3 hours. Last recorded collection: 30/10/2026, 15:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.
