Russians give Medvedev, Putin equal chances of running Kremlin after 2012 election - poll

20:06, 14 April 2010

MOSCOW. April 14. KAZINFORM Russians think that President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have almost equal chances of becoming the next Kremlin chief after the 2012 presidential election, a survey by an independent pollster published on Wednesday sai; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Asked by Levada Center in two separate questions what Medvedev and Putin are likely to be doing after the election, 36 percent of respondents said they expected the incumbent president to keep his job, while 39 percent said Putin will replace him.

The poll was conducted on March 19-23 among 1,600 Russians in 44 Russian regions. The error margin was less than 3.4%.

According to the survey, a larger proportion of men (41%), adults over 54 (45%), and people with higher education (41%) think it likely that Putin will serve another presidential term after the elections in 2012.

Medvedev was deemed more likely to keep his job by women (39%), 18-24 year-olds (40 %), people without higher education (40%), those on low incomes (40%) and village dwellers (42%); Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru

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