All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, or VTsIOM (Russian: Всероссийский центр изучения общественного мнения - ВЦИОМ), established in 1987, and called All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion till 1992, is the oldest polling institution in the post-Soviet space and is one of the leading sociological and market research companies in Russia.
The state-owned and government-run institution is accountable to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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