Dmitrii Sukhanov, Russia, is a PhD student in Law at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on the manipulation of elections in authoritarian and hybrid regimes, with particular attention to the legal strategies that enable governments to retain power. In 2024, Dmitrii completed his LL.M. in International Law and Human Rights at Tel Aviv University, graduating magna cum laude. He earned his first degree from Kutafin Moscow State Law University in 2011 (with honors) and has over twelve years of experience as an in-house lawyer in leading banks and financial institutions in Moscow.