Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in second place, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was in third place, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was in fourth place. In fifth place is the TV presenter of the Russia 1 and Solovyov-Live channels Vladimir Solovyov.
The sixth and seventh places were taken by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev and TV presenter of the Russia 1 channel Andrei Malakhov. In eighth position is presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, in ninth position is actor Konstantin Khabensky, and in tenth position is TV presenter Olga Skabeeva.
Earlier, the results of a VTsIOM poll showed that 80.3% of Russians trust Putin, 16% expressed their distrust.