Some 77% of Russian citizens have said they trusted Russian President Vladimir Putin, a poll conducted by the Moscow-based Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) said on Friday.

The overwhelming majority of respondents, all of which are Russian citizens, expressed their trust in Putin (77%), while only 12% said they distrusted the Russian leader.

The poll also found that the Russian president's performance is approved of by 81%, with only 10% perceiving his performance negatively and 9% saying they were unsure of where they stand regarding his work.

The poll was conducted between August 12-14 with a total of 1,500 adults in 104 Russian cities, towns, and villages through in-person interviews. The margin of error is reported to not have exceeded 2.5%.

Putin's approval rate has been fluctuating within a small margin since the start of the Ukraine war, with his approval rate not dipping below 76% at its lowest.

Meanwhile, a poll conducted last month found that around 64% of Democratic voters would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, as voters nationwide have soured on his leadership, giving him a meager 33% job-approval rating, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.

Widespread concerns about the economy and inflation have contributed to a decidedly gloomy national mood, both on Biden and the nation's trajectory.

More than three-quarters of registered voters believe the United States is heading in the wrong direction, a pervasive sense of pessimism that extends across the country, every age range and racial group, cities, suburbs, and rural areas, and both political parties.

Only 13% of American voters said the country was on the right track, the lowest level in Times polling since the financial crisis a decade ago.