He is a professor and the Head of Political Science Department at the European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia.

[2][3] His article "Electoral Systems and Party Formation in Russia" (Comparative Political Studies, Vol.

912–935) received a Lawrence Longley Award of the American Political Science Association for the best journal article on electoral systems and representation published in 2003.

In August 2002 through May 2003, he was a Residential Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

[5] He is a member of editorial boards of Party Politics,[6] Europe-Asia Studies,[7] Slavic Review,[8] Problems of Post-Communism,[9] and several other national and international journals.