Bogus “international observation” of the illegitimate Russian “elections” in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories on 8-10 September 2023
On 10 September 2023, Russian authorities held the annual “single voting day” across the country as well as in Ukrainian territories temporarily occupied by Russia in the period between 2014 and 2022. With the aim of providing a degree of international legitimacy to the otherwise illegitimate Russian elections in Ukrainian territories, Russian occupation forces brought […]
House searches of Russian election observers
Early on the 5th of October, police forces conducted house searches simultaneously at the central office and in private flats of several election experts of the well-known movement for free elections “Golos” in the Russian Federation. EPDE strongly condemns this act of repression, intimidation, and unlawful interference into citizens’ constitutional right to free elections. The […]
Single Voting Day 2022 held amid war and restrictions of fundamental freedoms
No international politically-biased “observers” identified during the 2022 Russian regional elections
The 2022 Russian regional elections took place on the so-called “Single Voting Day”, the second Sunday of September, which, in 2022, was on the 11th of September. Legal framework Already on the 1st of September 2022, the chair of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova declared that there would be no international observers […]
OPEN LETTER: No European politicians to whitewash Kremlin’s fraudulent elections or pseudo-referenda
To: Members of National and Regional Parliaments of the EU Member States, Members of the European Parliament In light of the Kremlin’s statements on preparations for conducting so-called “referenda” on territories occupied during the military aggression against Ukraine, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) calls on all national and regional Parliaments of the […]
Illegitimate Russian government waging war on Europe
On 24 February, military attacks were launched against Ukraine by a Russian government that lacks legitimacy after being elected through unfair and undemocratic elections. This attack was ordered by Putin and his justification for the attack was approved by the State Duma, which unanimously ratified Putin’s decree recognizing the independence of Ukraine’s separatist republics. […]
No credentials for the Russian Delegation to PACE after flawed Duma elections 2021
SUMMARY Independent election experts have described the 2021 Duma elections as the dirtiest elections in Russia’s history. The lack of public control, the deprivation of ca. 9 Mio Russian citizens of the right to stand for election and the massive manipulation through application of uncontrolled e-voting have turned the Duma elections into a farce. The […]
Ongoing harassment against independent election observation
On September 29, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation added 20 election experts of the Movement for the Protection of the Voters Rights “Golos” to the “register of foreign mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent”. Qualifying Golos observers as “foreign agents” at a time when every day more falsifications of […]
Bogus International Monitors for the Bogus Russian Parliamentary Elections
Press briefing with group of French politicians, including MEP Thierry Mariani pictured here, invited to “monitor” the State Duma elections in Saint Petersburg, 19.09.2021. Source: politexpert.net – Evgeniy Zaytsev. With the gradual systemic decline of the democratic character of Russian presidential, parliamentary, and other elections, Vladimir Putin’s regime found it increasingly difficult to secure […]
Bogus International Monitors for the Bogus Russian Parliamentary Elections
With the gradual systemic decline of the democratic character of Russian presidential, parliamentary, and other elections, Vladimir Putin’s regime found it increasingly difficult to secure their international legitimacy. In an attempt to give the impression of international legitimation of the parliamentary elections, Russian authorities reportedly brought in 383 “international observers” and “experts” from 80 countries.