Russians’ trust in President Vladimir Putin fell to 69%, according to a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) conducted on June 19–21. The poll was carried out shortly after the largest Ukrainian attack on Moscow.
Compared with the previous week, the figure dropped by 5 percentage points, from 74%. The current result is the lowest level of trust recorded during the war.
As The Bell notes, even during the mobilization in September 2022, after the retreat from Kherson in November 2022, and during Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny in June 2023, this indicator in FOM surveys did not fall below 74–76%. In mid-May and late March 2026, the trust rating had already declined to 71%.
According to the latest poll, the share of respondents who do not trust the president rose over the week from 15% to 18%. The share of those who positively assessed Putin’s performance as president was 71%, compared with 75% a week earlier.
Views of the government also worsened: the share of positive assessments fell by 4 percentage points to 44%. That is the lowest level in at least the past year. At the same time, the share of respondents who said they had noticed higher gasoline prices rose from 38% to 48%.
At the same time, VTsIOM, which conducted its own survey on June 15–21, reported the opposite trend. According to its data, the share approving of Putin’s performance as president rose from 67.7% to 70.4%, while the trust level increased from 73.3% to 76.7%.