Levada-Center promised to continue to work in spite of the recognition inoagentom – RBC

A sign on the Yuri Levada analytical center office door

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Levada center does not intend to stop the activity, despite the recognition of a foreign agent, said deputy director of the center. Earlier the head of the Levada Center, made a closing of the organization if it is unable to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Justice

Levada Center that September 5 was recognized as a foreign agent, will continue to work, Deputy Center Director Alexei Grazhdankin.

“The inclusion of an organization in the list of foreign agents does not put an end to its operations, so we will continue our work,” – quoted him as saying, “Interfax”. Grazhdankin added that the organization is preparing objections to the decision of Ministry of Justice of Russia

«Another thing is that inoagenta label may adversely affect our business, on the perception of respondents,” -. He said, promising that the Levada Center will take . all actions in order to be excluded from the list of foreign agents

«to be honest, I do not really understand why the Department of Justice announced we inoagentom without hearing our arguments”, – concluded Grazhdankin

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in the middle of July movement “Antimaydan” applied to the Ministry of Justice with the requirement to check the “facts of receipt of foreign grants,” Levada center. Activists claimed that the center “continues to conduct research on the US Department of Defense line commissioned by the University of Wisconsin” and allegedly received from the United States more than $ 120 thousand. Then director of Lev Gudkov called the statement “a lie pure water” and “juggling».

on Monday, September 5, the Ministry of Justice reported on the inclusion of research organizations in the register “non-profit organizations that perform the functions of a foreign agent.” The department argued that the fact that compliance with the Levada Center featured non-profit organizations that perform functions of a foreign agent, was established in the course of the documentary unscheduled inspections. “Antimaydan” welcomed this decision.

After the announcement of the inclusion in the list of the center inoagentov Gudkov said that if the company will not be able to challenge this decision, it will have to cease their activities. He also said that does not bind test with the upcoming elections.

In turn, the head of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia Mikhail Fedotov said that in order to lose the status of a foreign agent, the center changed enough status to non-profit organization to a commercial.