Holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences and the University of Manchester.
Joined the Levada Center in 2007 as an analyst and head of department, conducting over a hundred research projects. Since 2019, has served as Deputy Director, and in 2021 became Director of the Center.
Author of numerous studies on protest activity, elections, and elite opinions in Russia. Regularly contributes to Forbes.ru, Vedomosti, RBC, The Moscow Times, and Carnegie.ru.