Denis Volkov

Deputy Director, Levada Center

Russia

Society
Domestic politics
Civil society

Society
Domestic politics
Civil society

Biography

Joined the Levada Center, an independent Moscow-based polling organization, as an analyst and head of the department in 2007. Since then he participated in more than a hundred quantitative and qualitative research projects as a researcher, analyst or organizer.

Deputy director of the Levada Center since 2019. He authored publications with particular focus on civil society, protest activities, elections and political attitudes of the general public and of young people, business and elites opinion in Russia. He is a columnist at Forbes.ru, Vedomosti, RBC, The Moscow Times newspapers, and Carnegie.ru of Carnegie Moscow Center.

Publications

Featured publications

Generation Putin: Values, orientations and political participation

In spring 2017, many young Russians took to the streets of major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg in protest against the authorities.

Putin’s Children: The Russian Elite Prepares for 2024

The 2024 election will be one in which the generation of “Putin’s children,” those who have made their careers and profited from the twenty years of Putin’s presidency, face a serious challenge to keep the assets they have acquired.

All publications

Generation Putin: Values, orientations and political participation December 2019

Who Russians Think Will Succeed Putin in 2024 May 2019
How Russians Fell Out of Love With Uncle Sam June 2015
Putin’s Children: The Russian Elite Prepares for 2024 February 2020
Are Russians Ready for Lasting Change? February 2020
Russians’ Growing Appetite for Change January 2020
Pragmatic Paternalism: The Russian Public and the Private Sector January 2019
Do Russians Really Believe Moscow Didn’t Interfere Abroad? November 2018
Why Putin Is Losing Popular Support September 2018
“No Trust”: What Russians Think About the Pension Reform Plan August 2018
Craving Respect: The Russian Public’s Wish List in Helsinki July 2018
The Perils of Change: Russians’ Mixed Attitudes Toward Reform February 2018
Do Russians Want Change? January 2018

Do Russians Really Believe Moscow Didn’t Interfere Abroad? November 2018
Why Russians Have No Trust in the Pension Reform Plan August 2018
What the Russian Public Thinks of Victory Day May 2018

Areas of Expertise

Society
Domestic politics
Civil society

Regions of Expertise

Russia

Experience

Deputy Director

Levada Center

2007 - Present - 17 yrs

Moscow, Russia

MA in Political Science with Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

University of Manchester

2006 - 2007 - 1 yrs

Manchester, United Kingdom

Contact

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Moscow, Russia

Languages:

Russian
English

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