MOSCOW, February 17 Vote for The current President of Russia Vladimir Putin, if the presidential elections were held next Sunday, was expressed by 79% of Russians, according to the results of a poll by VTsIOM.
«If the presidential elections were held next Sunday, 79% of electorally active Russians declared their readiness to vote for Vladimir Putin (+4 percentage points (pp) compared to last week's survey). Electoral indicators of candidates nominated by parliamentary parties , look like this: Vladislav Davankov (New People party) – 4% (-1 p.p. per week), Nikolai Kharitonov (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) – 4%, Leonid Slutsky (LDPR) – 2% (-2 p.p. . per week),” the study says.
Also, according to data published on the VTsIOM website, the level of awareness of Russians about the upcoming presidential elections in Russia is 86%. Of these, 82% named the month and year, 4% — only the year.
The majority (63%) of respondents said that they would definitely take part in the elections of the head of state, 14% said that they would most likely take part.