GIRS fellows translate sociological 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
Fall 2018
- Summer Vacation
- Personal Responsibility and Influence
- "Poisoning the Skripals"
- The Torture and Abuse of Inmates at the Penal Colony
- Approval Ratings - Nov. 12, 2018
- Memorable Events - Nov. 12, 2018
- Institutional Trust
- The Most Trusted Russian Politicians
- Pension Changes
- Approval Ratings - Oct. 22, 2018
- For the International Day of Older Persons
- Memorable Events - Oct. 22, 2018
- Social Problems
- Referendum on Changing the Retirement Age
- Channels of Information
- Oleg Sentsov
- Happiness
- The "Prague Spring"
- The Beslan School Seige
- Approval Ratings - Oct. 12, 2018
- Memorable Events - Oct. 12, 2018
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