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Ekaterina Mikhailovna Schulmann is a Russian political scientist specializing in legislative processes and authoritarian governance. Schulmann was a senior lecturer at RANEPA from 2013 to 2022 and an associate professor at Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences from 2021 to 2022. She is currently a fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy Berlin, an associate fellow of Chatham House, a non-resident scholar at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin, and an invited lecturer at the Institute for East European Studies of Free University of Berlin.

Biography
Education and career Schulmann was born in Tula to Michael and Olga Zaslavsky. Her maternal grandparents both were professors at . Michael Zaslavsky had a Ph.D. in engineering and worked as provost at Tula Institute of Economics and Informatics. In 2006-11, Schulmann was director of legislative research at The PBN Company, a consulting firm. and was hired by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Her research interests include the legislative process in modern Russia, parliamentarism and decision-making mechanisms in hybrid political regimes. From 2013 until its closure Schulmann was a lecturer in the Moscow School of Civic Education. meeting, 11 December 2018 In 2018, she was elected a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. In 2019, she was promoted to Director of RANEPA's Center for Legislative Studies and started working as an associate professor at MSSES. Media projects Since 2013, Schulmann has written as a columnist or a commentator for Vedomosti, The New Times, Colta.ru, Republic.ru, ''''. In 2016, she launched her YouTube channel, dedicated to lawmaking and politics. Soon she accumulated a wide audience of all ages, including teenagers. Memes and citations with Schulmann became viral in Runet, TikTok, etc.{{cite web|language=ru|url= https://bazaar.ru/heroes/ayachtomogu/ekaterina-shulman-znaete-za-chto-legko-polyubit-zumerov-u-nih-net-konflikta-s-roditelyami/|title =Екатерина Шульман: "Знаете за что легко полюбить зумеров? У них нет конфликта с родителями"|trans-title= Ekaterina Schulmann: ‘You know, why is it easy to love Zoomers? They have no conflict with parents’ In 2017, she started her own show ‘Status’ on Echo of Moscow radio station. The show broadcasts every Tuesday at 9 PM, covering actual legal and political topics in Russia and includes educational material. == Political views and activities ==
Political views and activities
march" in Moscow, 12 June 2019 roundtable discussion on changes in legislation devoted to fighting torture in Russia, 21 January 2022 As a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Schulmann contributed to the protection of the people accused under the after 2019 Moscow protests. She publicly opposed their charges under civil disorder article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code, visited the arrested in detention centers and helped with legal defense in court. When MSSES rector Sergey Zuev was arrested in October 2021, Schulmann publicly spoke out in his defense, signed a collective letter in his support and waited in front of the courthouse during sessions to show her support along with other Zuev's friends and colleagues. On January 31, 2021, Schulmann's husband was detained during a protest rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow. On 12 April 2022, Schulmann announced that she was offered a fellowship by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and left Russia for Germany to work as an associate professor, stating that she was not moving away indefinitely. As explained by Schulmann, it means she cannot return to Russia, because as a designated foreign agent, any public appearances and teaching are practically impossible for her to conduct there. In February 2025, an investigation was initiated against Schulmann under Article 20.33 of the Code on Administrative Offenses for her involvement in an undesirable organization. In March 2025, the Russian internal ministry declared her a wanted fugitive. == Family ==
Family
She is married to Mikhail Schulmann, an expert on Vladimir Nabokov and a literary critic, whom she met on the Internet via LiveJournal.ru. The Schulmanns have three children (two daughters and a son) together. == Recognition ==
Recognition
, 2021 According to the Levada Center's 2020 research, Schulmann was one of the most inspiring Russians for respondents between 40 and 55 years of age. On April 13, 2021, she was awarded a medal ‘For Contribution to the Development of the Rule of Law’ by the Federal Chamber of Advocates. Though Schulmann herself has denied any ambition in that sphere, the slogan ‘Schulmann to presidency’ became popular on the Russian-speaking internet. In 2021, Oxxxymiron mentioned her in his rap song Agent ("No milf is sexier than Ekaterina Schulmann"), which was widely discussed online. Schulmann herself declined to comment on it. == Criticism ==
Criticism
In 2017, political scientist Vyacheslav Danilov criticized Shulman’s lecture for the Open University for what he considered to be numerous factual errors. At the same time, Danilov did not deny Shulman’s “tremendous success” and “explosive popularity.” He noted that Shulman is “undoubtedly a bright speaker; she makes politics understandable and interesting to the general public.” In 2017, Grigory Golosov, Doctor of Political Science, wrote a Facebook post listing errors made by Shulman regarding the nature of political regimes in various countries. Golosov criticized the concept of hybrid regimes, which Shulman helped popularize. He pointed out the looseness, vagueness, and internal inconsistency of the term “hybrid regimes.” Golosov’s critique was supported by Boris Vishnevsky, journalist Aleksandr Morozov, and political strategist Gleb Pavlovsky. ==Publications==
Publications
BooksЗаконотворчество как политический процесс (Lawmaking as a political process, 2014) • Практическая политология: пособие по контакту с реальностью (Practical political science: A textbook on a contact with reality, 2015) • Возвращение государства. Россия в нулевые 2000-2012 (Return of the state. Russia in 2000-2012, 2023) Research articles ;In English • • • == Notes ==
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