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January 26, 2016 11:59
Weekly News Digest, January 18-24
Key issues: Election campaign in Moscow region, probable innovations to the electoral law, sentenced counterfeiters and other news.
January 11, 2016 08:11
‘I am even ready to go for non-competitive elections!’ - The story of professional election observer
‘Golos’ invited Alexander Grezev, the movement coordinator in Sverdlovsk region and the enthusiastic election observer, to tell why he spends his weekends observing elections in remote villages and who pays for all this.
December 28, 2015 14:12
Representatives of municipal councils chair most of TECs in Moscow
In total, 123 territorial commissions were established.
December 28, 2015 14:09
Kostroma deputies want to deprive the right of civic organizations to observe elections
Nikolai Sorokin, a board member of Kostroma Center of Regional Studies, chairman of ‘Memorial’ branch in Kostroma and coordinator of the OIG in Kostroma region shared his concerns about likely abolition of civic election observation in the region. Please, find his full post below.
December 14, 2015 12:48
About Elections in Azerbaijan and 'Aliyev's Fang'
November 25, 2015 09:52
Constitutional Court will review the complaint of Jankauskas against the Law ‘On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights’
On November 9, the online newspaper ‘Fontanka’ announced that the Constitutional Court (CC) will review the complaint of Konstantin Jankauskas against the Law ‘On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights’.
November 25, 2015 09:46
PARNAS Party appealed to the Constitutional Court the opportunity to challenge FMS data in regard to collection of signatures
The appeal was registered by the Constitutional Court and it is under the process of preliminary hearing.
November 18, 2015 19:36
In Rybinsk direct election of mayor might be reintroduced
Members of Yaroslavl Regional Duma are working on a draft law on reintroducing direct election of mayor in Rybinsk. The proposal might be submitted to the regional parliament in the near future.
November 18, 2015 19:35
Charges against blind pensioner for disrupting elections in Sheltozero
On November 10, the court hearing in the case of blind pensioner charged with a disruption of the Elections of Sheltozero rural settlement Head in Karelia. The court ruled that there was no corpus delicti.
November 17, 2015 10:38
OSCE/ODIHR observers approvingly evaluated polling stations' job during the second round of Ukraine’s mayoral elections
Polling station staff did commendable job on election day, but concerns regarding higher commissions and deficiencies in the law point to need for reform, OSCE/ODIHR observers say in Ukraine.
November 02, 2015 12:07
‘Golos’ filed a complaint to the Court of Arbitration on the Ministry of Justice
The plaintiffs dispute the audit report based on which the organization was refused to be withdrawn from the registry of foreign agents.
November 02, 2015 12:03
CEC estimated the cost of 2016 Duma Elections
The cost of the upcoming elections is estimated considering the budget of the 2011 Elections.
October 16, 2015 11:45
Ministry of Justice precludes the Association ‘Golos’ withdrawal from the Foreign Agents Registry – ‘Vedomosti’
The Association ‘Golos’ and the Fund ‘Golos-Ural’ were refused to be withdrawn from the Foreign Agents Registry, as the co-chairman of movement ‘Golos’ Grigory Melkonyants informed ‘Vedomosti’. The decision was based on the outcomes of inspections conducted by the Ministry of Justice in Moscow and Chelyabinsk region.
October 14, 2015 14:16
In Mari El books of ‘foreing agents’ were seized from ‘Golos’
October 13, 2015 16:13
Belarus: Election process did not meet a number of key international standards for democratic and free elections
Presidential elections started in 2015 in an environment that was extremely unfavorable to the holding of free and democratic elections: political prisoners were still held in penitentiary institutions, systemic harassment of independent journalists persisted.
September 14, 2015 12:03
Election campaign violations in Chelyabinsk region. Follow-up - 'Municipal scanner'
On September 9, the Anti-Corruption Initiative 'Municipal scanner' received a response to its complaint in regard to the election campaign financing of 'United Russia' party list in Chelyabinsk region.
September 10, 2015 19:54
Illegal Funding of 'United Russia' in Chelyabinsk region. Summary - 'Municipal scanner'
Anti-Corruption Initiative 'Municipal scanner' published evidence in regard to the investigation on the funding of 'United Russia' election campaign in Chelyabinsk region.
September 10, 2015 19:51
In Chelyabinsk the Election Campaign of United Russia is funded from abroad - 'Municipal scanner'
The most interesting is that foreign offshore companies contribute to the election campaign run by the 'United Russia' branch in Chelyabinsk.
September 01, 2015 12:28
Analytical Report № 5. Local Elections in Russia, 13.09.2015: ‘Golos’ report on the agitation
August 18, 2015 12:12
CCI issued a report on general trends in nomination of candidates and party lists in the Elections scheduled for September 13
On August 10, the Committee of Civil Initiatives (CCI) issued an analytical report on the major trends in nomination of candidates and party lists in the Elections scheduled for September 13. This CCI report is the third in a series of reports on the single voting day.