Kremlin-friendly election observers from Europe and US at the presidential elections in Russia
Source: http://ikkk.ru/news/mezhdunarodnye-nablyudateli-ot-evropejskogo-parlamenta-i-mezhdunarodnyh-obshhestvennyh-obedinenij-posetili-krasnodarskij-kraj/ Executive summary 1513 foreign electoral observers monitored the Russian 2018 presidential election which constitutes the largest foreign electoral monitoring mission in Russia’s history. 598 of these observers were deployed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human […]
EMDS preliminary statement on findings of monitoring the Presidential Election
EPDE’s member from Azerbaijan Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) has conducted long- and short-term observation of all stages of the 11 April 2018 Presidential Election, including nomination and registration of candidates, election campaign, voting and vote counting on the Election Day. EMDS cooperated with 22 long-term (LTOs) and 166 short-term observers (STOs) during […]
Presidential election in Azerbaijan: Infographics
The CEC of Azerbaijan has denied the registration of two potential candidates for the early presidential election scheduled for 11 April, thus preventing the appearance of new independent forces on the political scene of the country. Moreover some meetings with the members of the OSCE long-term observation mission in the regions (see the interim report here) were conducted under […]
ISFED Issues Final Report of 2017 Local Self-Government Elections
On March 19, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) presented the final report of monitoring of the 2017 local self-government elections. The report covers ISFED’s key findings and trends of the pre-election, Election Day and post-election periods. The report also assesses the work of election administration and other key actors of the […]
Foreign observation of the illegitimate presidential election in Crimea in March 2018
The greater part of the international community does not recognise the “Russian status” of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea annexed by Russia in March 2014. Therefore, reputable monitoring organisations did not send any missions to observe the Russian presidential election in Crimea held on the 18th of March 2018. Aiming to give domestic and […]
Media hate campaign against EPDE
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) is committed to free and democratic elections throughout Europe, including in Russia. It represents the interests of civil society and independent European election observation organisations. Because of this commitment, EPDE has become the target of orchestrated smear and defamation campaigns by the Russian media in the run-up to […]
300 observers monitored the presidential election upon individual invitation from the Russian parliament
Preliminary report on the Kremlin-friendly international electoral observation Several established organisations monitored the Russian presidential election on the 18th of March 2018. These included (1) the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, (2) Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, (3) Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, (4) […]
DRA on the listing of EPDE and IESC as “undesirable” organisations
The German-Russian Exchange (DRA) declares solidarity with EPDE and IESC, and their striving to promote independent non-governmental international election observation, which can contribute to the legitimacy of fair elections. DRA protests against the prohibition of the organisations in Russia and asserts in the statement that the activities of EPDE and its member organisations must be […]
GOLOS preliminary statement based on the results of presidential election observation
The movement “Golos” carried out long- and short-term observation at all stages of the election campaign during the 2018 presidential race in the Russian Federation. On election day, the “United Call Center Hotline” received more than six thousand calls. The “Map of Violations” crowdsourcing service received three thousand messages during the entire campaign, including […]
Reactions on the listing of EPDE as an “undesirable” organisation in the Russian Federation
On 13 March 2018, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), a civil society network of independent election observation organizations, and its Lithuanian member International Elections Study Center (IESC) were classified as “undesirable organizations” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. Several key international media reported on the topic. EPDE’s protest against this decision […]