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RIA Novosti
Every fifth Russian (18%) expressed readiness to vote on presidential elections for the fictional sociologists candidate Andrei Semenov, who allegedly supported the incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin. This is with reference to the experimental results of “Levada-the centre” the newspaper “Vedomosti” on Wednesday, September 20.
15 percent of respondents were prepared to support this candidate, even despite the fact that you know nothing about it, writes the edition. While 11 percent of respondents assured that they had heard about the support Semenova Putin. The reluctance to vote for an unknown Challenger said two-thirds of citizens.
The sociologist “Levada-center” Karina Pipia noted that similar experiments will be conducted in the future.
During the actual survey in August revealed that for Putin is ready to vote, 48 per cent of citizens. When it come to the election gathered almost 60 percent of Russians.
The approval rating of Putin as President last month was 83 percent.
The Russian presidential election will take place on 18 March 2018. The new head of state will hold office for six years. Vladimir Putin has the right to run, but he has not announced such an intention. Such plans are available to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and businessman Sergei Polonsky. Their participation in elections does not exclude also the Chairman of the CPRF Gennady Zyuganov.