Fewer than one in 10 Russians think Medvedev’s in charge
VLADIMIR RODIONOV/AFP/Getty Images The public’s verdict seems to be in on Dmitry Medvedev. According to a new poll, only 9 percent of Russians think the president is the true leader of the country. That’s 11 percent lower than last March. Thirty-six percent say that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in charge and 47 percent think ...
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The public’s verdict seems to be in on Dmitry Medvedev. According to a new poll, only 9 percent of Russians think the president is the true leader of the country. That’s 11 percent lower than last March. Thirty-six percent say that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in charge and 47 percent think the two share power equally.
The poll can’t be encouraging for Medvedev, whose new anti-corruption campaign could be a sign that he’s trying to distance himself from Putin.
(Hat tip: Johnson’s Russia List)
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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