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| Chart: Putin's popularity reaches 86% but how does it compare with other world leaders? | Chart: Putin's popularity reaches 86% but how does it compare with other world leaders? |
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| Despite, or perhaps because of, the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin's popularity continues to scale new heights, with a recent poll showing the Russian president's approval rating at an astounding 86 per cent. | Despite, or perhaps because of, the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin's popularity continues to scale new heights, with a recent poll showing the Russian president's approval rating at an astounding 86 per cent. |
| Moscow-based pollster the Levada Centre, which surveyed 1,600 Russians across 134 cities, found support for Putin was up 21 per cent in the last two years. | Moscow-based pollster the Levada Centre, which surveyed 1,600 Russians across 134 cities, found support for Putin was up 21 per cent in the last two years. |
| Although there have been accusations that some of Putin's electoral victories may have been less than legitimate, his unparalleled popularity is clear to see; his approval rating rises as Russian relations with the west worsen.No world leader enjoys public support approaching Putin, not even the revered Angela Merkel in Germany; she has 64 per cent. | |
| Barack Obama has 46 per cent, about par for the course for a President entering his final 18 months in office. | Barack Obama has 46 per cent, about par for the course for a President entering his final 18 months in office. |
| David Cameron continues to outperform the Conservative party, and his rival party leaders, with a recent Opinium/Observer poll finding 41 per cent approval. | David Cameron continues to outperform the Conservative party, and his rival party leaders, with a recent Opinium/Observer poll finding 41 per cent approval. |
| Australia's Tony Abbott just barely survived a leadership challenge earlier this month; his personal rating stands around 29 per cent. | Australia's Tony Abbott just barely survived a leadership challenge earlier this month; his personal rating stands around 29 per cent. |
| And France's Francois Hollande, whose popularity enjoyed a bounce after the Charlie Hebdo attacks on Paris, is back to being widely disapproved of by voters; he has 21 per cent support, according to La Dimanche. | And France's Francois Hollande, whose popularity enjoyed a bounce after the Charlie Hebdo attacks on Paris, is back to being widely disapproved of by voters; he has 21 per cent support, according to La Dimanche. |