A 2016 exposé by Dissernet showed that one in nine members of the State Duma had obtained academic degrees with theses that were substantially plagiarized and likely ghostwritten.
En 2016-eksponering fra Dissernet viste, at 1 ud af 9 medlemmer af statsdumaen havde opnået akademiske grader med afhandlinger, der var væsentligt plagierede og sandsynligvis ghostwritten.