Since 2018, the EPDE has been listed as an “undesirable organisation” by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office. This forced the Russian unregistered movement “Golos” , the largest country-wide network of citizen election monitors, to freeze its membership of the EPDE platform. This restriction forced EPDE to halt its cooperation with Russian election observers. However, EPDE continues to issue reports on the conduct of elections in Russia and closey follows developments in the country. We stand in solidarity with Russian citizen observers facing politically motivated prosecution for fighting for a free and democratic Russia.