Sociologists and Novaya Gazeta asked how people imagine Russia in half a century: technology, population, freedom... Photo: Alexey Smagin / Kommersant 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND/OR DIRECTED BY A FOREIGN AGENT OF THE LEVADA CENTER OR CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN AGENT OF THE LEVADA CENTER. Levada Center*, together with the Future Laboratory of Novaya Gazeta, asked Russians six questions about the future. We've set our sights forward half a century.