Levada Centre pollsters targeted as foreign agents

On Tuesday, the Levada Centre sociologists summarised the interim results of the countrys anti-corruption campaign. They found that the vast majority of Russians believe that the president and prime minister should be personally responsible for ...

Russia's only independent pollster the Levada Center would be the latest independent group affected by a law World Bulletin/News Desk Russia's only independent pollster could be forced to register as a foreign agent under a law which President ...

Russians attitude towards the Pussy Riot girls punk band has become calmer, the Izvestia newspaper writes. The number of citizens who believe that the girls got their prison term fairly has decreased over the past year by 22 percent. According to ...

1. Yegor Popov et al. article headlined "Ships to be reinforced with tanks" says that Uralvagonzavod top manager Vladimir Shmakov has been nominated for the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation; pp 1, 9 (866 words). 2. Dmitry Butrin and Pyotr ...

MOSCOW, May 15 (Itar-Tass) - The high rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) reported, is the cold shower for the protesting movement, the political experts told Itar-Tass on Wednesday in comments on ...

MOSCOW, April 29 (Itar-Tass) - Experts say there is a tendency in Russia, although a subtle one so far, of converting from the Russian Orthodox Church to other Christian denominations, such as Catholicism or Protestantism. This is because, they ...

Poll shows large numbers in favour of a papal visit. 5:00 AM GMT 71 In percentage terms the number of Russians who would like to see Pope Francis visit the country. The figure was revealed by the Levada Centre, an independent polling organisation, ...

MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes on trial on Wednesday on embezzlement charges carrying a maximum 10-year jail term but which he argues were ordered by President Vladimir Putin to eliminate a dangerous foe from politics. The ...

1. Dmitriy Butrin article headlined "Cyprus unblocks losses" says Cyprus and the EU have reached an agreement on a bailout deal, however, Russian clients of Bank of Cyprus and Cyprus Popular Bank will be hit hard by the financial crisis; pp 1, 6 ...