Hackers attacked the Levada Center website

The Levada Center website was unavailable on September 7 due to a hacker attack. This was stated to Interfax by the director of the organization Lev Gudkov.

“We are trying to correct this situation, but so far we can’t do anything,” Gudkov was quoted as saying by the agency.

At the time of writing the news (19:00 Moscow time), the levada.ru website was not opening. By 21:55 the site was back up and running.

• The Yuri Levada Analytical Center (Levada Center) is one of the largest public opinion research organizations in Russia. On September 5, the Ministry of Justice announced that the center was included in the register of “foreign agents” due to receiving funding from the United States and engaging in political activities (as it meant Lev Gudkov’s statements about authoritarianism in the Russian Federation). RBC found out,