Federal Antimonopoly Service
In August 2003 the Ministry for Property Relations attempted to take control of the Center by placing government officials on the VTsIOM board of directors. All the employees of VTsIOM quit in response and continued their work under a new name, VTsIOM-A. After the Federal Antimonopoly Service forbid them to use this name, the new organization was renamed "Levada Analytical Center", (Levada Center).