Russian regional elections: Independent candidates face discrimination through the “Municipal Filter”
On “Single Voting Day” of 10 September 2017, elections of various levels will take place in Russia. The heads of the regions (governors) will be elected, as well as the deputies of regional legislative bodies and members of the State Duma in single-mandate constituencies. On the occasion of these elections, EPDE publishes a series […]
Golos coordinator sentenced to four days detention after protests in Saratov
April 2017, Saratov On 26 March 2017 Russian police arrested hundreds of mostly young people for joining nationwide anti-corruption protests in Russia.The police illegally and violently prevented journalists from their work. Officially accredited Civic Monitoring Commission was deprived of the right to monitor the activities of the police. Member of this Commission and […]
Russian EPDE member “Golos” awarded 2017 Democracy Defender Award in Vienna
Live stream at 12.00 CET here. The Russian EPDE member organization, the Movement to Protect the Voters’ Rights “Golos” was awarded the international “2017 Democracy Defender Award” by 22 OSCE delegations. The Ceremony will be held in the Austrian capital Vienna on 18 January. “Golos” was awarded for “outstanding contribution to the promotion of democracy […]
EPDE board member Lilia Shibanova prevented from leaving the Russian Federation
source: dw.de Lilia Shibanova, the founder of the Russian election observation network “Association GOLOS” and a board member of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) is currently being prevented from leaving the Russian Federation. While entering the Russian Federation in November 2016, she was a subject of a strict border control. The passport […]
Statistical estimates of vote counting fraud during Russian State Duma elections by Sergey Shpilkin
Statistical estimates of vote counting fraud in Russian federal elections Sergey Shpilkin, independent researchere-mail: podmoskovnik@gmail.com At least four times in the modern history of Russian elections, vote counting fraud, as estimated statistically, had significant consequences for the political development. According to the statistical estimates of the Russian election expert Sergey Shpilkin, the amount […]
Golos on Duma Elections: far from being free and fair
On September 18, 2016, Russia held more than 5,000 elections, including elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, elections of heads of seven regions, 39 elections of deputies of regional parliaments, elections of representative bodies of 11 regional capitals, and other local elections. Public monitoring of the voting procedures, vote […]
Analitical report on the election campaign in the media, Parliamentary elections, Russian Federation
In contrast to the intense and lively campaign of 2011, the apathetic campaign of 2016 left no significant information trace. Although legislative changes were supposed to stimulate the media activities of non-parliamentary and small parties, this did not happen –“United Russia” totally dominated over other parties in both federal and regional media. The largest […]
Analitical report on the election campaign in media
In contrast to the intense and lively campaign of 2011, the apathetic campaign of 2016 left no significant information trace. Although legislative changes were supposed to stimulate the media activities of non-parliamentary and small parties, this did not happen –“United Russia” totally dominated over other parties in both federal and regional media.
Invitation to the public discussion “Russian elections to Duma – preparation for the Presidential elections?”
INVITATION European Platform for Democratic Elections and German Council on Foreign Affairs are holding a podium discussion on the topic: “Russian elections to Duma – preparation for the Presidential elections?”, which will take place on September 21, 2016, from 12:30 till 14:00 (small lunch from 12:00 till 12:30) in DGAP at Rauchstrasse 17/18, 10787 […]
Russian Propaganda against Citizens’ Election Observers from GOLOS-Movement
On Friday, August 26th – three weeks ahead of the elections to the State Duma – the Russian government-controlled TV channel NTV broadcasted a documentary “The Secret of Golos”. This is already the fifth NTV report broadcasted in prime time which aims at discrediting citizens’ election observers in Russia. The film is based on […]