---
title: "Russians Confidence in Vladimir Putin"
description: "That's the large portion of the Russian public that says it has confidence in President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing in world affairs, compared with only 45% of Americans who say the same thing about President Bush."
date: "2007-11-27"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/11/27/russians-confidence-in-vladimir-putin/"
categories:
  - "Vladimir Putin"
---

# Russians Confidence in Vladimir Putin

Russian President Putin inspires much more confidence from his people than does President Bush; more than eight-in-ten Russians (84%) say they have a lot or some confidence in Putin’s approach to world affairs; just 45% of Americans say the same about Bush. But confidence inPutin, has declined sharply in other countries surveyed in the latest Pew Global Attitudes poll; in fact, the Russian leader’s negatives have soared to the point that they approach, but still do not match the nearly worldwide lack of confidence in George W. Bush.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=256)