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Public Opinionless about Ministers
The Levada Center published the full edition of its April public opinion survey on which cabinet ministers Russians do not wish to see in the new government of Vladimir Putin. Part of the results of the poll was published by Kommersant on April 21. It showed that he public was satisfied with the government of Viktor Zubkov and saw no particular need to replace any members of his cabinet when Putin took office as prime minister. Thus 37 percent of respondents stated that Putin should keep “the current makeup of the government as a whole.” Only 23 percent were for “substantial renewal of the government.” Twenty percent were unable for express an opinion on the government.
However, when specific members of the government were in question, the portion of those who were unable comment on them rose to 40 percent. The most popular minister, who “should be kept,” was Minister of Emergency Situations Sergey Shoigu (44%). He was followed by Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Ivanov (35%) and Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov (31%). Trailing them were Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (18%) and Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova (12%).
Unexpectedly, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev and Minister of Culture Alexander Sokolov were mentioned by 7 percent of respondents each. Russians were even worse inclined toward Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeev and Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Kudrin. Eleven percent of respondents thought they should be dismissed. On the whole, the survey showed that Russians are poorly aware of the names of the ministers. Sixty-three percent of respondents were unable to answer the question “Who should be dismissed?”
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of May 07, 2008
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