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 […]
Parliamentary elections in Russia: Registration of political parties and candidates
SUMMARY 74 parties had the formal right to nominate candidates for the election of deputies to the State Duma in 2016. However, only one-third of those parties attempted to take part in the 2016 State Duma elections because the Russian electoral system combines excessive demands on the number of signatures necessary for candidate […]
Registration of political parties and candidates
74 parties had the formal right to nominate candidates for the election of deputies to the State Duma in 2016. However, only one-third of those parties attempted to take part in the 2016 State Duma elections because the Russian electoral system combines excessive demands on the number of signatures necessary for candidate registration with extremely […]
Lilia Shibanova, Russian Election Observer Arrested in Belarus
Foto: dw.de Lilia Shibanova, EPDE board member and founder of the Russian election observation network GOLOS was arrested by Belarusian boarder control at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in the evening of May 12, 2016 and was forced to leave the train directing to Moscow. Lilia Shibanova who is also a member of the Presidential Human […]
Pro-governmental United Russia candidates illegally financed by EU-based companies
On the invitation of MEPs Heidi Hautala and Rebecca Harms of the Green faction in the European Parliament, Golos experts presented their first conclusions on the preparations of the parliamentary campaign in Russia. According to the Golos’ expert Stanislav Andreychuk, campaigning of several candidates supported by the ruling United Russia party during the regular […]
Campaign Finance of the Elections in Russia
On the invitation of MEPs Heidi Hautala and Rebecca Harms of the Green faction in the European Parliament, Golos experts presented their first conclusions on the preparations of the parliamentary campaign in Russia. According to the Golos’ expert Stanislav Andreychuk, campaigning of several candidates supported by the ruling United Russia party during the regular regional […]
Invitation to the Round Table “Russian Duma Election 2016: Insights for Action”
Hosted by MEP Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA) and MEP Rebecca Harms (Greens/EFA) R.S.V.P. by 5 April: amanda.lovkvist@silc.se Ahead of Russian Duma Election 2016 the organisations Golos, IESC, EPDE and Silc are together launching a new initiative -presenting the results of their long-term election monitoring in Russia on the international level. They aim at presenting as widely […]