A Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) survey from June 19-21 indicates that Russians’ trust in President Vladimir Putin has dropped to 69%, the lowest since the start of the full-scale war. This decline follows a Ukrainian attack on Moscow and represents a five-percentage-point decrease from the previous week. Concurrently, the share of respondents viewing the government’s performance positively also fell to its lowest point in at least a year, with a noticeable increase in public awareness of rising gasoline prices.

• Trust in President Vladimir Putin has fallen to 69%, the lowest since the start of the full-scale war, according to a FOM survey (June 19-21).
• The trust rating dropped five percentage points from the previous week and has not fallen below 74-76% in previous FOM surveys during significant events like mobilization or the Prigozhin mutiny.
• The share of respondents who do not trust the president rose to 18%, and the positive performance rating for Putin fell from 75% to 71%.
• Government performance ratings also dropped four percentage points to 44%, the lowest in at least a year.
• Awareness of rising gasoline prices jumped from 38% to 48%.
• A contrasting survey by VTsIOM (June 15-21) recorded an increase in Putin’s approval and trust ratings.