third s ▁of ▁Rus si ans ▁survey ed ▁in ▁Lev ada ▁poll ▁agreed ▁that ▁" Put in ▁be ars ▁full ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁the ▁country " ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁decl ine ▁of ▁a ▁popular ▁belief ▁in ▁" good ▁ts ar ▁and ▁bad ▁boy ars ", ▁a ▁traditional ▁attitude ▁towards ▁just ifying ▁fail ures ▁of ▁top ▁of ▁r uling ▁hierarchy ▁in ▁Russia . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁Rus si ans ▁trust ing ▁the ▁president ▁hit ▁a ▁then - histor ic ▁minimum ▁– ▁ 3 3 . 4 %. ▁It ▁decl ined ▁further ▁to ▁ 3 1 . 7 % ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁dispute ▁between ▁the ▁V C IO M ▁and ▁President ' s ▁administration ▁office , ▁who ▁accused ▁it ▁of ▁incorrectly ▁using ▁an ▁open ▁question , ▁after ▁which ▁V C IO M ▁repeated ▁the ▁poll ▁with ▁a ▁closed ▁question ▁getting ▁ 7 2 . 3 %. ▁Non eth eless , ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁Gall up ▁poll ▁showed ▁a ▁record ▁number ▁of ▁Rus si ans ▁( 2 0 %) ▁willing ▁to ▁perman ently ▁em igr ate ▁from ▁Russia . ▁The ▁decl ine ▁is ▁even ▁larger ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 – 2 5 ▁age ▁group , ▁" who ▁find ▁themselves ▁largely ▁dis connected ▁from ▁the ▁country ' s ▁ag ing ▁leadership , ▁nost alg ic ▁Soviet ▁r het or ic ▁and ▁ne pot istic ▁ag enda ", ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁report