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In only three of 25 countries polled in the 2009 Pew Global Attitudes survey \u2014 excluding Russia \u2014 is the balance of opinion on Russian President Dmitri Medvedev mostly positive. But despite worldwide skepticism of Medvedev, he remains popular at home \u2014 though not quite as popular as his predecessor, Vladimir Putin, now prime minister. Strong majorities of Russians express confidence in both their president (76%) and prime minister (81%) to do the right thing in world affairs \u2014 but just slightly more express confidence in Putin than in Medvedev. Moreover, the high-profile role Putin appeared to play in international and domestic issues over the last year is reflected in Russian opinions over who is in charge. Almost six-in-ten Russians (58%) believe that Putin has more political power in the country than President Medvedev. Fewer than one-in-five (16%) believe that the president has the most political power, and just about a quarter (23%) volunteered that the two leaders share power together. By contrast, last year following the 2008 presidential election in Russia, roughly half of Russians (48%) expected Putin to have more power than Medvedev. But roughly equal percentages felt either that Medvedev (22%) would be more powerful or volunteered that both (24%) leaders would share their hold on the reins of power. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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