Russian Election Monitor
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In-depth coverage and analysis of Russian elections
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Russia enters campaign mode for 2026 Duma elections
Russia prepares for 2026 State Duma vote. Kremlin tightens control, the systemic opposition analyzes results from 2025 races, and the non-systemic opposition struggles to regroup under repression.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Russia prepares for 2026 State Duma vote. Kremlin tightens control, the systemic opposition analyzes results from 2025 races, and the non-systemic opposition struggles to regroup under repression.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Election update XIV
REM summarizes the outcomes of September elections and examines how opposition is seeking to consolidate its efforts ahead of 2026 State Duma vote. More in REM electoral digest for September–October 2...
www.russian-election-monitor.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Russia enters campaign mode for 2026 Duma elections
Russia prepares for 2026 State Duma vote. Kremlin tightens control, the systemic opposition analyzes results from 2025 races, and the non-systemic opposition struggles to regroup under repression.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Russia prepares for 2026 State Duma vote. Kremlin tightens control, the systemic opposition analyzes results from 2025 races, and the non-systemic opposition struggles to regroup under repression.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
‼️ Operation “Legitimacy”: How Russia’s gubernatorial elections are engineered
Illegal spending, Moscow spin doctors, fake observers & social media manipulation — all to “re-elect” #Kremlin candidates.
In-depth analysis of Russian regional elections: www.russian-election-monitor.org/operation-le...
Illegal spending, Moscow spin doctors, fake observers & social media manipulation — all to “re-elect” #Kremlin candidates.
In-depth analysis of Russian regional elections: www.russian-election-monitor.org/operation-le...
Operation “Legitimacy”: Inside Russia’s Governor Elections
Leaked documents reveal that this year’s governor re-election campaign in Irkutsk relied on systematic violations of electoral rules. The scale of the operation suggests it’s not an isolated case, but...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
‼️ Operation “Legitimacy”: How Russia’s gubernatorial elections are engineered
Illegal spending, Moscow spin doctors, fake observers & social media manipulation — all to “re-elect” #Kremlin candidates.
In-depth analysis of Russian regional elections: www.russian-election-monitor.org/operation-le...
Illegal spending, Moscow spin doctors, fake observers & social media manipulation — all to “re-elect” #Kremlin candidates.
In-depth analysis of Russian regional elections: www.russian-election-monitor.org/operation-le...
Fake Tsar, fake boyars, fake elections
Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin exposes how Russia’s 2025 gubernatorial “results” were drawn, not won.
Spoiler: the math doesn’t lie — but the Kremlin does.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/experts-high...
Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin exposes how Russia’s 2025 gubernatorial “results” were drawn, not won.
Spoiler: the math doesn’t lie — but the Kremlin does.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/experts-high...
Experts: High results at 2025 governor elections attributed to vote rigging
Ivan Shukshin’s analysis points to electoral fraud across multiple regions. REM shares the main takeaways.
www.russian-election-monitor.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Fake Tsar, fake boyars, fake elections
Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin exposes how Russia’s 2025 gubernatorial “results” were drawn, not won.
Spoiler: the math doesn’t lie — but the Kremlin does.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/experts-high...
Electoral analyst Ivan Shukshin exposes how Russia’s 2025 gubernatorial “results” were drawn, not won.
Spoiler: the math doesn’t lie — but the Kremlin does.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/experts-high...
Russia’s 2025 regional elections show a systemic pattern: voter coercion, manipulated turnout, pressure on monitors, abuse of home voting.
With no independent oversight, the process is designed to secure the desired result, not reflect voters’ will. www.russian-election-monitor.org/statement-on...
With no independent oversight, the process is designed to secure the desired result, not reflect voters’ will. www.russian-election-monitor.org/statement-on...
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Russia’s 2025 regional elections show a systemic pattern: voter coercion, manipulated turnout, pressure on monitors, abuse of home voting.
With no independent oversight, the process is designed to secure the desired result, not reflect voters’ will. www.russian-election-monitor.org/statement-on...
With no independent oversight, the process is designed to secure the desired result, not reflect voters’ will. www.russian-election-monitor.org/statement-on...
Russia’s “regional elections” will be held on Sept 12–14.
Not free, not fair — but still a window into Kremlin politics.
Putin’s team fears real competition, rewriting laws & purging candidates.
More from REM’s August update 👇
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
#RussianElections
Not free, not fair — but still a window into Kremlin politics.
Putin’s team fears real competition, rewriting laws & purging candidates.
More from REM’s August update 👇
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
#RussianElections
Election update XIII
On 12–14 September, Russia will hold regional elections. While these events can hardly be described as genuine elections, they remain one of the few available indicators of internal political dynamics...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Russia’s “regional elections” will be held on Sept 12–14.
Not free, not fair — but still a window into Kremlin politics.
Putin’s team fears real competition, rewriting laws & purging candidates.
More from REM’s August update 👇
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
#RussianElections
Not free, not fair — but still a window into Kremlin politics.
Putin’s team fears real competition, rewriting laws & purging candidates.
More from REM’s August update 👇
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
#RussianElections
Who is next?
Another Russian deputy governor detained today. Since 2000, 32 governors have faced prosecution. Ahead of September’s vote for 21 governors, the hunt for elites loyal and critical to the Kremlin intensifies.
Read full story: www.russian-election-monitor.org/who-is-next-...
Another Russian deputy governor detained today. Since 2000, 32 governors have faced prosecution. Ahead of September’s vote for 21 governors, the hunt for elites loyal and critical to the Kremlin intensifies.
Read full story: www.russian-election-monitor.org/who-is-next-...
Who is next? Persecution of governors in Russia
On 7 July 2025, former Kursk governor Roman Starovoit was found dead in an apparent suicide. During Vladimir Putin’s 25-year rule, 32 Russian governors have faced prosecution. This article explores ho...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Who is next?
Another Russian deputy governor detained today. Since 2000, 32 governors have faced prosecution. Ahead of September’s vote for 21 governors, the hunt for elites loyal and critical to the Kremlin intensifies.
Read full story: www.russian-election-monitor.org/who-is-next-...
Another Russian deputy governor detained today. Since 2000, 32 governors have faced prosecution. Ahead of September’s vote for 21 governors, the hunt for elites loyal and critical to the Kremlin intensifies.
Read full story: www.russian-election-monitor.org/who-is-next-...
Is Siberia retaining autonomy?
Despite repression, regions like #Altai are protesting the #Kremlin’s dismantling of local self-government. Thousands rallied — a rare act of defiance in militarized #Russia.
More on resistance to #MunicipalReform:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/is-siberia-r...
Despite repression, regions like #Altai are protesting the #Kremlin’s dismantling of local self-government. Thousands rallied — a rare act of defiance in militarized #Russia.
More on resistance to #MunicipalReform:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/is-siberia-r...
Is Siberia Retaining Its Autonomy? Municipal Reform and Unexpected Protests
In spring 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a new law on local self-government. The reform unexpectedly triggered backlash from regional leaders, deputies, and citizens — especially in Siberia and the Far E...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Is Siberia retaining autonomy?
Despite repression, regions like #Altai are protesting the #Kremlin’s dismantling of local self-government. Thousands rallied — a rare act of defiance in militarized #Russia.
More on resistance to #MunicipalReform:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/is-siberia-r...
Despite repression, regions like #Altai are protesting the #Kremlin’s dismantling of local self-government. Thousands rallied — a rare act of defiance in militarized #Russia.
More on resistance to #MunicipalReform:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/is-siberia-r...
"We shouldn’t mourn Golos too much," say experts on Russia’s main election watchdog shutdown.
Golos is gone—but independent election monitoring isn’t.
What’s next?
REM investigates:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/election-wat...
#FreeMelkonyants
Golos is gone—but independent election monitoring isn’t.
What’s next?
REM investigates:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/election-wat...
#FreeMelkonyants
Election watchdog ‘Golos’ announced shutdown. Is this the end of independent monitoring?
The announcement was made on 8 July, shortly after Golos co-chair Grigory Melkonyants had been sentenced to five years in prison. Following this, Golos shuttered regional offices and suspended all ong...
russian-election-monitor.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"We shouldn’t mourn Golos too much," say experts on Russia’s main election watchdog shutdown.
Golos is gone—but independent election monitoring isn’t.
What’s next?
REM investigates:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/election-wat...
#FreeMelkonyants
Golos is gone—but independent election monitoring isn’t.
What’s next?
REM investigates:
🔗 russian-election-monitor.org/election-wat...
#FreeMelkonyants
⚡BREAKING: Russia’s GOLOS movement for voters’ rights has ceased to exist after the conviction of its co-chair Grigory Melkonyants.
“Persecution of observers is another step to undermine the country’s constitutional foundations.”
Full statement in Russian: www.golosinfo.org/articles/155396
“Persecution of observers is another step to undermine the country’s constitutional foundations.”
Full statement in Russian: www.golosinfo.org/articles/155396
July 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
⚡BREAKING: Russia’s GOLOS movement for voters’ rights has ceased to exist after the conviction of its co-chair Grigory Melkonyants.
“Persecution of observers is another step to undermine the country’s constitutional foundations.”
Full statement in Russian: www.golosinfo.org/articles/155396
“Persecution of observers is another step to undermine the country’s constitutional foundations.”
Full statement in Russian: www.golosinfo.org/articles/155396
📬 Russian Election Update — June 2025
Golos movement's latest Electoral Bulletin covers key trends:
🗳️ Prep for 2025 regional & 2026 State Duma elections
🏛️ Dismantling of local self-government
Full update (ENG):
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Archive (RUS): www.bulleten.org
Golos movement's latest Electoral Bulletin covers key trends:
🗳️ Prep for 2025 regional & 2026 State Duma elections
🏛️ Dismantling of local self-government
Full update (ENG):
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Archive (RUS): www.bulleten.org
Election update XII
United Russia primaries mark the beginning of a major electoral cycle that will culminate in the 2026 State Duma elections. Read more about this in our digest of the main electoral developments in Apr...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📬 Russian Election Update — June 2025
Golos movement's latest Electoral Bulletin covers key trends:
🗳️ Prep for 2025 regional & 2026 State Duma elections
🏛️ Dismantling of local self-government
Full update (ENG):
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Archive (RUS): www.bulleten.org
Golos movement's latest Electoral Bulletin covers key trends:
🗳️ Prep for 2025 regional & 2026 State Duma elections
🏛️ Dismantling of local self-government
Full update (ENG):
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Archive (RUS): www.bulleten.org
❓ Why is the #Kremlin still afraid of #elections?
Ahead of 2026 #Duma vote, Russian authorities redraw district lines to boost rural pro-gov’t vote. After decades of control, why the fear?
An original Semnasem.org longread (Rus) via REM (in Eng):
🔗 www.russian-election-monitor.org/why-russian-...
Ahead of 2026 #Duma vote, Russian authorities redraw district lines to boost rural pro-gov’t vote. After decades of control, why the fear?
An original Semnasem.org longread (Rus) via REM (in Eng):
🔗 www.russian-election-monitor.org/why-russian-...
Why Russian government is still afraid of elections?
Ahead of 2026 parliamentary elections, Russian authorities are redrawing constituency boundaries. It seems that after 25 years of undermining the electoral process, the Kremlin should not be concerned...
www.russian-election-monitor.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
❓ Why is the #Kremlin still afraid of #elections?
Ahead of 2026 #Duma vote, Russian authorities redraw district lines to boost rural pro-gov’t vote. After decades of control, why the fear?
An original Semnasem.org longread (Rus) via REM (in Eng):
🔗 www.russian-election-monitor.org/why-russian-...
Ahead of 2026 #Duma vote, Russian authorities redraw district lines to boost rural pro-gov’t vote. After decades of control, why the fear?
An original Semnasem.org longread (Rus) via REM (in Eng):
🔗 www.russian-election-monitor.org/why-russian-...
❗️The Kremlin won't kill off local self-gov directly — it’ll use governors.
Political analyst Andrey Pertsev says reform will spare key regions (like Tatarstan), but be forced through elsewhere despite protests. Putin’s new law paves the way.
📎 Read more at REM website: shorturl.at/vZ4tE
Political analyst Andrey Pertsev says reform will spare key regions (like Tatarstan), but be forced through elsewhere despite protests. Putin’s new law paves the way.
📎 Read more at REM website: shorturl.at/vZ4tE
May 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
❗️The Kremlin won't kill off local self-gov directly — it’ll use governors.
Political analyst Andrey Pertsev says reform will spare key regions (like Tatarstan), but be forced through elsewhere despite protests. Putin’s new law paves the way.
📎 Read more at REM website: shorturl.at/vZ4tE
Political analyst Andrey Pertsev says reform will spare key regions (like Tatarstan), but be forced through elsewhere despite protests. Putin’s new law paves the way.
📎 Read more at REM website: shorturl.at/vZ4tE
🚨 Grigory Melkonyants has been sentenced to
5⃣ years in prison!
🗣️ "Don't worry, I'm not discouraged. You all stay strong too!" - Melkonyants says in his farewell in the courtroom.
5⃣ years in prison!
🗣️ "Don't worry, I'm not discouraged. You all stay strong too!" - Melkonyants says in his farewell in the courtroom.
‼️ Golos movement published Grigory Melkonyants' last plea: golosinfo.org/en/articles/...
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚨 Grigory Melkonyants has been sentenced to
5⃣ years in prison!
🗣️ "Don't worry, I'm not discouraged. You all stay strong too!" - Melkonyants says in his farewell in the courtroom.
5⃣ years in prison!
🗣️ "Don't worry, I'm not discouraged. You all stay strong too!" - Melkonyants says in his farewell in the courtroom.
‼️ Golos movement published Grigory Melkonyants' last plea: golosinfo.org/en/articles/...
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
May 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
‼️ Golos movement published Grigory Melkonyants' last plea: golosinfo.org/en/articles/...
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
The verdict in the case of Melkonyants will be announced on May 14, 2025.
⚡️ Golos co-chair Grigory Melkonyants was asked for 6 years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an undesirable organization.
Closing arguments are underway at the court in Moscow. Melkonyants will also deliver his final statement.
zona.media/online/2025/...
Closing arguments are underway at the court in Moscow. Melkonyants will also deliver his final statement.
zona.media/online/2025/...
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
⚡️ Golos co-chair Grigory Melkonyants was asked for 6 years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an undesirable organization.
Closing arguments are underway at the court in Moscow. Melkonyants will also deliver his final statement.
zona.media/online/2025/...
Closing arguments are underway at the court in Moscow. Melkonyants will also deliver his final statement.
zona.media/online/2025/...
Kremlin-backed propaganda is weaponizing AI, fake news, and deepfakes to target Germany’s elections, aiming at:
✅ Boost far-right parties (AfD/BSW)
❌ Discredit centrist leaders (SPD/Greens/CDU)
🌐 Undermine support for Ukraine & EU unity
In-depth analysis by Ewgeniy Kasakow: shorturl.at/DIXdg
✅ Boost far-right parties (AfD/BSW)
❌ Discredit centrist leaders (SPD/Greens/CDU)
🌐 Undermine support for Ukraine & EU unity
In-depth analysis by Ewgeniy Kasakow: shorturl.at/DIXdg
A great friendship? Russian propaganda and the German elections
Russian “soft power” is a hot topic in both Russian and foreign media. How effective actually is it? What are the Kremlin’s fake publications up to in Germany? Historian Ewgeniy Kasakow, author of the...
shorturl.at
April 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Kremlin-backed propaganda is weaponizing AI, fake news, and deepfakes to target Germany’s elections, aiming at:
✅ Boost far-right parties (AfD/BSW)
❌ Discredit centrist leaders (SPD/Greens/CDU)
🌐 Undermine support for Ukraine & EU unity
In-depth analysis by Ewgeniy Kasakow: shorturl.at/DIXdg
✅ Boost far-right parties (AfD/BSW)
❌ Discredit centrist leaders (SPD/Greens/CDU)
🌐 Undermine support for Ukraine & EU unity
In-depth analysis by Ewgeniy Kasakow: shorturl.at/DIXdg
Ivan the Terrible → Stalin → Filimonov: Russia’s authoritarian experiment in Vologda.
In this analysis of Vologda region Governor Georgy Filimonov’s political profile, REM aims to examine the trends shaping the Kremlin's current regional policies.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/georgy-filim...
In this analysis of Vologda region Governor Georgy Filimonov’s political profile, REM aims to examine the trends shaping the Kremlin's current regional policies.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/georgy-filim...
Georgy Filimonov: Authoritarian experiment in Vologda
The governor of Vologda Region has become infamous for his controversial and ideologically driven approach to governance. A total ban on abortion, a dry law and the erection of a monument to Stalin ar...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ivan the Terrible → Stalin → Filimonov: Russia’s authoritarian experiment in Vologda.
In this analysis of Vologda region Governor Georgy Filimonov’s political profile, REM aims to examine the trends shaping the Kremlin's current regional policies.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/georgy-filim...
In this analysis of Vologda region Governor Georgy Filimonov’s political profile, REM aims to examine the trends shaping the Kremlin's current regional policies.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/georgy-filim...
🔴 Repression in Russia: Three Years of Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
REM publishes an abridged version of the report by OVD-info documenting key trends in political repression, both criminal and administrative, against anti-war activism in Russia.
📎 Full text: shorturl.at/F2SHU
REM publishes an abridged version of the report by OVD-info documenting key trends in political repression, both criminal and administrative, against anti-war activism in Russia.
📎 Full text: shorturl.at/F2SHU
Repression in numbers: Three years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
In February 2025, human rights organization OVD-Info published a report documenting key trends in political repression against anti-war activism in Russia. The report sheds light on statistics of crim...
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March 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🔴 Repression in Russia: Three Years of Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
REM publishes an abridged version of the report by OVD-info documenting key trends in political repression, both criminal and administrative, against anti-war activism in Russia.
📎 Full text: shorturl.at/F2SHU
REM publishes an abridged version of the report by OVD-info documenting key trends in political repression, both criminal and administrative, against anti-war activism in Russia.
📎 Full text: shorturl.at/F2SHU
🚨 Russia's 2026 Duma Elections: Manipulation Already in Full Swing 🚨
The latest Russian Election Monitor update exposes how the #Kremlin is reshaping the electoral system to tighten its grip on power, while Duma elections are still 18 months away.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
The latest Russian Election Monitor update exposes how the #Kremlin is reshaping the electoral system to tighten its grip on power, while Duma elections are still 18 months away.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
March 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🚨 Russia's 2026 Duma Elections: Manipulation Already in Full Swing 🚨
The latest Russian Election Monitor update exposes how the #Kremlin is reshaping the electoral system to tighten its grip on power, while Duma elections are still 18 months away.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
The latest Russian Election Monitor update exposes how the #Kremlin is reshaping the electoral system to tighten its grip on power, while Duma elections are still 18 months away.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/election-upd...
Support Grigory Melkonyants’ Legal Defense!
Russian election watchdog Golos is raising funds for its jailed co-chair, Grigory Melkonyants, detained since August 2023 on political charges.
Every donation matters! Share & spread the word!💙
#FreeMelkonyants
💳 Donate from outside Russia: ruhelps.org
Russian election watchdog Golos is raising funds for its jailed co-chair, Grigory Melkonyants, detained since August 2023 on political charges.
Every donation matters! Share & spread the word!💙
#FreeMelkonyants
💳 Donate from outside Russia: ruhelps.org
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Support Grigory Melkonyants’ Legal Defense!
Russian election watchdog Golos is raising funds for its jailed co-chair, Grigory Melkonyants, detained since August 2023 on political charges.
Every donation matters! Share & spread the word!💙
#FreeMelkonyants
💳 Donate from outside Russia: ruhelps.org
Russian election watchdog Golos is raising funds for its jailed co-chair, Grigory Melkonyants, detained since August 2023 on political charges.
Every donation matters! Share & spread the word!💙
#FreeMelkonyants
💳 Donate from outside Russia: ruhelps.org
5 Years Ago, the State Duma Reset Putin’s Presidential Terms
United Russia MP Valentina Tereshkova proposed the amendments, Putin supported them.
In summer 2020, after a referendum with violations, Russia’s Constitution changed, letting Putin stay 12 more years.
Here is the text of the amendments:
United Russia MP Valentina Tereshkova proposed the amendments, Putin supported them.
In summer 2020, after a referendum with violations, Russia’s Constitution changed, letting Putin stay 12 more years.
Here is the text of the amendments:
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
5 Years Ago, the State Duma Reset Putin’s Presidential Terms
United Russia MP Valentina Tereshkova proposed the amendments, Putin supported them.
In summer 2020, after a referendum with violations, Russia’s Constitution changed, letting Putin stay 12 more years.
Here is the text of the amendments:
United Russia MP Valentina Tereshkova proposed the amendments, Putin supported them.
In summer 2020, after a referendum with violations, Russia’s Constitution changed, letting Putin stay 12 more years.
Here is the text of the amendments:
Reposted by Russian Election Monitor
In the last month, the Trump administration has barred the AP from events over its editorial policy and taken control of the White House press pool. For @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, who lived in Moscow in the early 2000s, these moves feel familiar.
NYT’s Peter Baker on how Trump’s media attacks echo Putin
On February 25, the Trump administration announced it would begin selecting the journalists allowed to cover the U.S. president’s daily activities, taking control of the White House press pool from…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In the last month, the Trump administration has barred the AP from events over its editorial policy and taken control of the White House press pool. For @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, who lived in Moscow in the early 2000s, these moves feel familiar.
🔍 "Foreign Agent" Filter Tightens Around Parliamentary Opposition in Russia
Andrei Pertzev explains how the “foreign agent” label has become a catch-all tool for silencing dissent, and how it’s being used to eliminate electoral competition entirely.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/foreign-agen...
Andrei Pertzev explains how the “foreign agent” label has become a catch-all tool for silencing dissent, and how it’s being used to eliminate electoral competition entirely.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/foreign-agen...
“Foreign agent” filter for parliamentary opposition
The Russian Ministry of Justice is increasingly labeling members of systemic parties as 'foreign agents' — targeting prominent regional politicians who lose their parliamentary mandates and the abilit...
www.russian-election-monitor.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🔍 "Foreign Agent" Filter Tightens Around Parliamentary Opposition in Russia
Andrei Pertzev explains how the “foreign agent” label has become a catch-all tool for silencing dissent, and how it’s being used to eliminate electoral competition entirely.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/foreign-agen...
Andrei Pertzev explains how the “foreign agent” label has become a catch-all tool for silencing dissent, and how it’s being used to eliminate electoral competition entirely.
www.russian-election-monitor.org/foreign-agen...
While Germany counts the results of the parliamentary elections, Russia continues prosecuting Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the leading election watchdog Golos. Today, defense witnesses are testifying in his trial.
@en.zona.media is on air from the court: zona.media/online/2025/02/24/golos-7
@en.zona.media is on air from the court: zona.media/online/2025/02/24/golos-7
Суд над Григорием Мельконьянцем из «Голоса». День седьмой
В суд в качестве свидетеля защиты пришел Алексей Венедиктов
zona.media
February 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
While Germany counts the results of the parliamentary elections, Russia continues prosecuting Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the leading election watchdog Golos. Today, defense witnesses are testifying in his trial.
@en.zona.media is on air from the court: zona.media/online/2025/02/24/golos-7
@en.zona.media is on air from the court: zona.media/online/2025/02/24/golos-7
🤡 Elections à la russe:
A fake candidate—the mayor’s driver’s wife—accidentally won the election, refused to take office, and sued the council that elected her. This could be the first time in Russian history that an elected candidate sues their own voters.
t.me/golosbullete...
📷: Kommersant
A fake candidate—the mayor’s driver’s wife—accidentally won the election, refused to take office, and sued the council that elected her. This could be the first time in Russian history that an elected candidate sues their own voters.
t.me/golosbullete...
📷: Kommersant
February 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🤡 Elections à la russe:
A fake candidate—the mayor’s driver’s wife—accidentally won the election, refused to take office, and sued the council that elected her. This could be the first time in Russian history that an elected candidate sues their own voters.
t.me/golosbullete...
📷: Kommersant
A fake candidate—the mayor’s driver’s wife—accidentally won the election, refused to take office, and sued the council that elected her. This could be the first time in Russian history that an elected candidate sues their own voters.
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📷: Kommersant