Only 1 percent of Russians approved of United States leadership in 2015, according to a new Gallup poll, lower than any other country in the world

The approval is the lowest approval Gallup has measured for the country over the past decade.

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In 2014, 4 percent of Russians approved of American leadership — the country's previous record-low.

The rating also is far below what it was under former President George W. Bush, about 20 percent, according to The Washington Examiner.

The low approval rating in 2015 "reflects the increasingly tense relations with the U.S. since the crisis in Ukraine and the threat that many Russians, as well as residents of several former Soviet states, feel the U.S. now poses to their countries," according to the Gallup poll.

The poll found that other countries have far higher approval ratings of U.S. leadership. In the second-to-last year of President Obama's tenure, the median approval rating for the country's leadership was 45 percent across 132 countries and areas.

The country's approval ratings are the strongest in Africa. Ratings for U.S. leadership are continuing to improve in Europe and the Americas.

The results are based on interviews with 1,000 adults conducted throughout 2014 in 135 countries and through 2015 in 132 countries. The margin of error ranges from 2.5 to 5.2 percentage points.