Yekaterina Shulman is a Russian political scientist and commentator who focuses on the Russian political system, legislation and state institutions. She taught at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences and co-hosts the media project "Status" with journalist Maxim Kurnikov. Since 2022 she has lived in exile and regularly comments on Russian politics for international outlets.
Political scientist Yekaterina Schulman and journalist Maxim Kurnikov present a live edition of their "Status" project - an interactive lecture and discussion on current political affairs.
Ekaterina Shulman and Maksim Kurnikov analyze the collapse of tsarist absolutism through the lens of Nicholas I's reign and the mechanisms of political change.
Political scientist Yekaterina Shulman and journalist Maxim Kurnikov, hosts of "Status", discuss how the Soviet system navigated Stalin's death - the power struggles, party reshuffles, and the end of the personality cult.