If the presidential election were held on the next Sunday, 82% of voters who will definitely come to the polls would vote for Vladimir Putin, it follows from a sociological poll conducted by the Levada Center.

Of all respondents, 63% of respondents would have voted for Putin, 6% - for Vladimir Zhirinovsky, 3% - for Gennady Zyuganov, 2% - for Alexei Navalny. At the same time, 9% of respondents said that they would not have come to the polls or do not know if they will come. 5% said they would come, but do not know who to vote for.

If we consider only the respondents who will definitely come to the polls, according to Levada, 82% of people would vote for Putin, 6% for Zhirinovsky, 4% for Zyuganov and 2% for Navalny.

This is the maximum result for the whole history, marks "Levada". A year before the previous elections, in which the president participated, Putin's electoral rating was 68%, and on the eve of the 2008 elections - 43%.

According to the latest poll of Levada, 66% of respondents answered that they would like to see Putin as president after 2018. Another 20% said they would not, and 14% found it difficult to answer. 56% are sure that until 2018 there can not be a policy capable of replacing Putin as president. 26% of respondents believe that such a politician may appear, another 18% found it difficult to answer.

Presidential elections to be held in March 2018. On his intention to run, announced Alexei Navalny, the leaders of the LDPR and Yabloko Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Grigory Yavlinsky.