All Posts Tagged With: "electoral monitoring"
Regional Elections Fraught With Allegations of Violations
Independent observers have labeled Sunday’s regional elections in Russia as “the filthiest in all of history,” while the leading United Russia party says that it is satisfied with how the elections were held.
Mar 15, 2010 | Continued
Electoral Commission Chairman Proposes Scrapping System
The head of the Moscow Electoral Commission has proposed scrapping Russia’s systematically flawed electoral legislation and starting over from scratch.
Jan 14, 2010 | Continued
Electoral Monitors Are Western Spies–Russian Official
Russia’s Central Electoral Commission has accused electoral monitors from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe of working as Western intelligence agents, and serving as an instrument of political pressure.
Jul 24, 2008 | Continued
Communist Party Disputes Russian Election Results
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation will appeal to the country’s Supreme Court in an effort to annul the results of December 2007 Parliamentary elections.
May 22, 2008 | Continued
EU Parliament Condemns Kremlin’s Strong-Arm Politics
The European Parliament has enacted a new resolution on Russia which deplores the strong-arm politics of the Kremlin, and deplores problems with the March 2nd presidential election.
Mar 17, 2008 | Continued
Evidence of Vote Rigging Mounts
The Golos Association, a Russian NGO dedicated to protecting voter rights, has documented a series of violations taking place during the March 2nd presidential election.
Mar 2, 2008 | Continued
Russia Has Enough Electoral Monitors – Churov
Russia’s Central Electoral Commission has reiterated that electoral monitors will be on hand to observe many regions, even as nearly every international delegation has withdrawn its teams.
Feb 27, 2008 | Continued
Russian University Closed Over Electoral Monitoring Course
A top Russian University has been shut by Russian authorities for claims that its buildings pose a “fire risk”. University staff believe the real reason for its closure is an electoral monitoring program offered at the school.
Feb 12, 2008 | Continued
Watchdog Group Refuses to Monitor Russian Election
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will not send electoral monitors to Russia’s March 2nd presidential election. The group cited “severe restrictions” from Moscow as its reason.
Feb 7, 2008 | Continued