Russian President Vladimir Putin © Alexei Druzhinin / RIA Novosti
Bloomberg: Putin Gains Record Support Among Russians Over Syria, Poll Shows
* Approval rating rises to 89.9 percent, polling company says
* President to speak on `war and peace' Thursday, Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s public approval rating has reached a record 89.9 percent since he ordered his military to begin air strikes in support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, according to a state-run polling center.
Support for Putin hit the new peak in an Oct. 17-18 poll of 1,600 people conducted in 46 regions of Russia, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from a similar survey a week earlier, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, known as VTsIOM, said on its website Thursday. The margin of error was no greater than 3.5 percentage points.
“Against the background of the successful anti-terrorist operation in Syria, Vladimir Putin’s job approval rating has reached an historic high,” with a quarter of respondents citing the military campaign as the main reason for their support, according to VTsIOM. The president’s previous record-high rating was 89.1 percent reached in June, it said.
WNU Editor: The Russians are circling the wagons and Putin is in the middle of this circle.
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