First Author:   Ruslan Kuchakov Research Director, Institute for the Rule of Law at the European Uni- versity at St. Petersburg rkuchakov@eu.spb.ru         Second Author: Alex Knorre Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College aknorre@eu.spb.ru         Third Author: Dmitriy Skougarevskiy Muromtsev Associate Professor of Empirical Legal Studies at the European University at St Petersburg dskougarevskiy@eu.spb.ru