Date of incident: February 14, 2025
Type of violation: foreign agent
Institution: Levada Center
Summary: The Russian Justice Ministry has expanded the list of foreign agents to include sociologist Lev Gudkov, Kommersant reports.
Details: According to the Ministry of Justice, those included in the register distributed materials of foreign agents and undesirable organizations, false information about decisions of the Russian government, and also formed a negative image of the Russian army, opposed military actions in Ukraine and cooperated with foreign media.
Lev Gudkov is a doctor of philosophical sciences, editor-in-chief of the journal “Bulletin of Public Opinion”, author of several books and articles on the theory and methodology of sociology.
Sources: Kommersant, Vedomosti.