Putin is losing support in the Duma
Russian parties want to prioritize the 2008 presidential election in parliamentary elections "Die Welt", Germany , Jens Hartmann, August 21, 2003 Something special should have happened if Yuri Levada, doyen among Russian public opinion researchers, gives his indignant voice. The independence of his institute for the study of public opinion, VTsIOM, is under threat, the sociologist warned of a possible seizure of the institution by the enemy.