The Kremlin-affiliated Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) recorded a 5-percentage-point drop in approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin's performance to 66%, the outlet Agentstvo reported. The polling agency had not registered such a sharp decline since October 2022, when a "partial mobilization" was announced.
Trust in Putin fell from 69% to 67% over the week, according to FOM data cited by Meduza.
The state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) also recorded a decline. According to its survey, approval of the president's performance fell 0.9 percentage points to 65.1% between July 6 and 12, while trust fell 1.3 percentage points to 71%. Meduza noted that VTsIOM has recorded a drop in trust ratings for three consecutive weeks; at the start of July, the decline was the fastest since the war began, at minus 1.8 percentage points in a week.
Russian polling agencies began recording a decline in Putin's ratings in spring 2026. At the time, the drop was linked, among other factors, to internet restrictions and the blocking of Telegram, and later to a fuel crisis in Russia, Meduza reported.