Levada Analytical Center (Levada Center) is a Russian non-governmental research organization. The Centre regularly conducts sociological research. Levada-Center is one of the largest Russian centers in the field.

Staff of the center brings together experts in the field of sociology, political science, economics, psychology, market research, public opinion polls and organization of data processing. The team is guided by the principles of WAPOR and ESOMAR. Senior staff have been trained in the USA and Western Europe. The research team has been conducting regular public opinion polls across the country since 1988.

Levada Center has the network of 67 regional offices and maintains partnerships with centers of public opinion research in the CIS and Baltic countries.

Polling results and expertise of the Center’s staff appears is broadly covered by national and international media such as Kommersant, Vedomosti, Gazeta.ru, the Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC Radio, Radio Liberty, and others.

Partners and customers Centre – Russian and international organizations, companies, research and nonprofit organizations.

An important activity of the Levada Center is the research work. Published the “Herald of public opinion” journal and an annual compendium of the main results of its’ public opinion polls. Center’s leading experts publish essays in journals of social sciences, regularly take part in scientific conferences and give public lectures