Pseudo-referendums in the invaded territories of Ukraine: what Russia plans to do and how to disable them
Russia is preparing to hold pseudo-referendums on Ukrainian territories. The results of these false referendums will create “legal grounds” for Russia to annex Ukrainian territories and demand that the world recognize the annexation or, at last, accept it, also possibly by resorting to nuclear blackmail. The results of the “vote” will be null and void […]
Manual for the media identifying fake election observers
How MEPs serve Russia via fake election-monitoring
Media and Freedom of Expression in the EU – Eastern Partnership and Russian Federation
This report is published at a time of Russian invasion of Ukraine. It underscores the central role of freedom of expression in the maintenance of democracy at home, as well as international order and security abroad. This report provides the analysis and conclusions on the state of freedom of expression and the work of the […]
Open Election Data & Disinformation Academy
The Civil Network OPORA, with support from the National Democratic Institute, is pleased to announce a call for participation in a four-day training program within the ‘Open Election Data & Disinformation’ Academy! The Academy will take place in Warsaw from August 1-4. Deadline: July 6, 2022 The program is tailored for citizen election observation leaders […]
French election candidates whitewashed fraudulent elections
In recent years, EPDE witnessed the increasing phenomenon of politically biased, or fake, observation, a form of politically-motivated election observation whose chief objective is to mislead the public regarding the regularity of political processes or the legitimacy of an election result. Based on the evidence collected by EPDE throughout the years, the practice of […]
Not free or fair? Rethinking election observation in the EU – Unhack Democracy Conference ’22
(The full conference livestream is available here) Summary of conclusions and recommendations Over the course of two days representatives of pro-democracy groups from over 20 countries across central and eastern Europe, the Black Sea region, Balkans, Belarus and Russia joined activists, journalists, academics, politicians, diplomats and policy makers to discuss the most pressing problems […]
Fake-Wahlbeobachter: Wie deutsche Politiker autokratischen Regimen helfen
Puzzling rules-equal game?
This study compares political finance regulations across the EU and identifies common challenges and possible responses to those. The recommendations of this study seek to enhance EU-level regulation of political finance with the aim to replicate this at the national level.
New EPDE publication ‘Puzzling rules – equal game?’
This study compares political finance regulations across the EU and identifies common challenges and possible responses to those. The recommendations of this study seek to enhance EU-level regulation of political finance with the aim to replicate this at the national level. This is part of the multi-country project “ The full publication can be downloaded […]