Russia’s state pollster changed its methodology and also started going door-to-door to ask people whether they support Putin. The president’s rating immediately went up.

A new poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), published on May 15, put the president’s approval at 66.8% for the period from May 4 to 10 — up 1.2 percentage points from the previous poll, which covered April 13–19.