New Report: Undermining Institutions: How the Kremlin Involves International Election Management Bodies in Fake Observation Activities
Context, analysis, and recommendations by Łukasz Kondraciuk, Stefanie Schiffer Russia’s local elections in September 2024, concentrated on the so-called Single Voting Day, were marked by unprecedented restrictions on independent opposition, media, and election observers. To legitimize the elected politicians in the eyes of the Russian voters and international audiences, the Russian Central Election Commission invited […]
European Democracy Hub: What Does the ‘Year of Elections’ Tell Us About Democracy?
Moldova: Elections and Kremlin’s Shadow By Lukasz Kondraciuk, Election Integrity and CivicTech Lead at the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE). Moldova’s October 2024 elections and referendum, characterised by unprecedented Kremlin-sponsored influence attempts, highlighted a climate of profound political and geopolitical divisions in the country representing two drastically competing visions for Moldova’s future. The governing […]
Assessment of Elections
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (thereafter ISFED) believesthat during Georgia’s 2024 parliamentary elections, four of the five core principles ofdemocratic elections – universal, free, equal, and secret vote, were violated. The combination of fundamental violations observed by ISFED during the pre-electionperiod and on election day of the 2024 parliamentary elections, affected the […]
ყალბი დამკვირვებლები | თენგო გოგოტიშვილის სიუჟეტი; Fake Observers | The Story by Tengo Gogotishvili
23 ‘politically biased observers’ identified during Georgia’s parliamentary elections
Ahead of COP29, Azerbaijan Cultivated Allies in the U.K.’s House of Lords Who Praised its Leadership
String of UK peers accepted free trips to authoritarian Azerbaijan
ISFED: The illegitimate parliament subordinates the municipal representative body electoral system to the interests of the Georgian Dream
The statement was first published on ISFED’s website. On December 13, 2024, the illegitimate Parliament of Georgia unilaterally and in an accelerated manner amended the Organic Law of Georgia “Election Code of Georgia” and significantly increased the share of the majoritarian component in the mixed electoral system for the elections of the representative body of […]
Press statement: The Return of the Western Colluders: Fake Observers at the Georgian Parliamentary Elections 2024
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), in cooperation with researcher Eto Buziashvili, Research Associate of the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab, identified 23 politically biased observers who helped whitewash the fraudulent 2024 Georgian Parliamentary Election. Authoritarian regimes like Russia and Azerbaijan have long relied on such observers to legitimize rigged elections. While heightened scrutiny has curbed […]
Russia to Use Political, Financial, and Informational Influence to Interfere With the Post-War Elections in Ukraine. The Government Needs to Counteract Now
Russia is interfering with elections in democracies all over the world, resorting to any means, from cyberattacks to direct voter bribery, from sharing disinformation and disrupting society to discrediting candidates who are “unacceptable” for the Russian government. Contrariwise, they support politicians or parties ready to cooperate with the Putin’s regime. The recent elections, in Romania, Moldova, USA, and Georgia, […]