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President Medvedev's popularity high among Russians - survey

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's popularity among Russians has increased during the last month, mainly due to his actions in regard to the recent South Ossetian conflict, a survey said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's popularity among Russians has increased during the last month, mainly due to his actions in regard to the recent South Ossetian conflict, a survey said on Wednesday.

Georgia's major ground and air offensive to seize control of South Ossetia prompted Russia to send several hundred tanks and thousands of troops into the region, and later into parts of Tbilisi-controlled Georgia.

Valery Fyodorov, the head of the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion on Social and Economic Issues (VTsIOM), which conducted the survey, said "August's events, and in the first place the war, have increased the [popularity] rating of the president."

He said according to the survey, 76% of those polled in Russia now trust and approve of President Medvedev, while this figure stood at 65% in July.

The poll was based on interviews conducted under the direction of VTsIOM, using a nationwide sample of 1,600 adults during the period of August 16-17. The statistical margin of error was 3.4%.

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