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Non-Resident Fellow at the Illiberalism Studies Program and a Ph.D Candidate in Political Science at George Washington University
Doctor of Political Science, Professor at the Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, European University at St. Petersburg