NEWSLINK: “A look at what to expect in Sunday’s regional elections, and what the results mean – Interview with Dr. Ben Noble” – Bear Market Brief

“With elections across Russia set for this Sunday, September 9th, we wanted to bring you some deeper insight on what is happening and what the vote means for Russia. Dr. Ben Noble is an expert on the law-making process during the legislative stage of policy-making in authoritarian regimes. He is a Lecturer in Russian Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, and a Senior Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. His research focuses His empirical work is centered on states of the former Soviet Union. Recent publications include: ‘Not just a rubber stamp: Parliament and lawmaking’ (with Ekaterina Schulmann) in The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin’s Russia, edited by Daniel Treisman; and ‘Authoritarian amendments: Legislative institutions as intra-executive constraints in post-Soviet Russia” in Comparative Political Studies. …’