GIRS fellows translate polls conducted by Russia’s most trusted independent sociological center. The Levada Center has a network of 67 regional offices and maintains partnerships with centers of public opinion research in the CIS and Baltic countries. Researchers have been conducting public opinion polls across the country since 1988. The center is named after the Russian sociologist Yuri Levada (1930–2006).
Recent Polls:
Spring 2020
Translations by Boris Boukhonine, MACI ‘20
- The Coronavirus Situation in Russia
- Constitutional Amendments (Mar ‘20)
- The Russian Political System
- Attitudes to Religion
- Approval Ratings (Feb ‘20)
- The Murder of Boris Nemtsov
- Constitutional Amendments (Feb ‘20)
- The Role of the Constitution
- Russia and the West
- Political Trust
- Russia-Ukraine Relations
- Vladimir Putin’s Address to the Federal Assembly
- The Role of Institutions
- Russia’s Government
- Approval Ratings (Jan ‘20)
- Memorable Events (Jan ‘20)
- Russians’ Understanding of a “Normal Life”
- Environmental Problems
- Feelings of Freedom
- Presidential Election
- Ratings of 2019
- Expectations for 2020
- The State Duma Election
- Memorable Events (Dec ‘19)
- Approval Ratings (Dec ‘19)
Fall 2019
Translations by Boris Boukhonine, MACI ‘20
- Protests (II)
- Attitudes Toward Countries
- Individuals Using the Internet
- Individual Rights and Freedoms
- Relationship Between People and Their Government
- Vladimir Putin
- The Death Penalty
- The Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Approval Ratings (Oct ‘19)
- “The Moscow Case”
- Political Trust
- Russia-Ukraine Relations
- Feeling Responsible and Influential
- Approval Ratings (Sept-Oct ‘19)
- Fears
- Memorable Events
- Single Voting Day
- Protests (I)
- Approval Ratings
- The Forest Fires
- The Beslan School Siege
- Attitudes Toward Countries
- Family Necessities
- Fears
- Living Space
- The Events in 1989
- Russian Presidential Elections
- The State Duma Election
- Necessary Family Expenses
- Memorable Events
- The Chernobyl Catastrophe
- Military Power
- Protests
- The Soviet Union
- Trust in Politicians
- Russian Passports to Ukrainian Residents
Spring 2018
Fall 2017
- Nostalgia for the USSR
- Lenin’s Mausoleum
- The Spread of HIV/AIDS
- Constitution Day
- Sexual Harassment
- Vladimir Putin’s Work
- Fears
- Unemployment
- Religion and Superstition
- Responsibility and Influence
- The Police
- National Unity Day
- The Russian Presidential Election (I)
- The Russian Presidential Election (II)
- October 3-4, 1993