Ex-mayoral candidate action to cancel election results dismissedOn Monday, the Kirovsky District Court in Astrakhan dismissed an action to quash the district results at the city mayor elections held on March 4, says former mayoral candidate Oleg Shein.11:09 17.07.2012
Candidate appeals mayoral election result with ECHRFormer Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein will appeal the court's decision in his lawsuit to invalidate the mayoral elections in the European Court of Human Rights in September.18:02 09.07.2012
Notorious south Russia elections to be challenged in courtFour lawsuits seeking to invalidate Astrakhan’s mayoral elections to be filed on Monday.12:56 22.06.2012
ECHR acknowledges legitimacy of Russia's parliamentary electionsThe European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a complaint on discrimination during the parliamentary elections in Russia in 2003.15:53 19.06.2012
Court to consider cases on violations in past election campaignOn Wednesday, the Federation Council adopted a government law allowing the courts to consider cases on violations committed during past election campaigns.14:40 06.06.2012
Ban prohibiting prisoners from voting disputed in ECHRThe ban prohibiting prisoners from voting has been disputed in the European Court of Human Rights, attorney Igor Trunov, who filed the appeal, told the Russian Legal Information Agency on Tuesday.18:00 29.05.2012
Mayoral candidate challenges controversial election resultsAstrakhan's Kirovsky District Court accepted on Monday a petition filed by former Astrakhan mayoral candidate Oleg Shein to invalidate the elections.11:45 16.04.2012
President proposes draft law on withdrawing election commission membersPresident Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to the State Duma amendments to the law on the major guarantees of election rights.13:54 04.04.2012
Opposition files defamation suit against television channelNTV channel faces a defamation lawsuit over its coverage of protest actions against the authorities.10:18 19.03.2012
Supreme Court registers second complaint on presidential elections violationA representative of an NGO which monitored the Russian presidential elections accused the Central Election Commission of non-feasance.11:21 16.03.2012
Opposition leader put in custody for disobeying policeThe court has placed in custody for 10 days opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov on Thursday. He was detained after a March 10 rally.17:03 15.03.2012
Presidential elections expose gaps in Russian legislationThe violations allegedly committed during the presidential elections became possible due to a gap in the legislations, Lyudmila Sinelschikova, a member of the Moscow City Election Commission.11:14 13.03.2012
State Duma to consider amendments doubling fines for election violationsThe State Duma legislation committee has upheld a bill proposing to double fines for fraud and fabrications during elections and recommended that the parliament considers the bill in the first hearing in March.16:03 12.03.2012
Opposition appeals presidential elections result in Supreme CourtOpposition politician Alexander Lebedev, the representative of A Just Russia party, challenged the results of the presidential elections in the Supreme Court.11:08 12.03.2012
Moscow court registers administrative cases against 125 protestersA court in Moscow has received 125 administrative cases against the participants of a March 5 protest rally on Pushkin Square as of Wednesday.15:52 07.03.2012
St. Petersburg police releases most detainees after protest rallyThe courts heard on Tuesday all cases of the unauthorized rally participants detained in central St. Petersburg on Monday, most of them have been released.13:24 07.03.2012
Violations during presidential elections were present in MoscowThe Moscow City Court recognized five violations committed during the March 4 presidential elections. "In five cases examined by the court the judges found that the voters' election rights were violated".10:43 06.03.2012
Anti-Putin rallies result in mass arrestsAbout 250 people were detained in Moscow following the opposition rally against the outcome of presidential elections won by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.10:21 06.03.2012
Arrest of Ukrainian Femen movement activists affirmed by courtThe Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow upheld on Monday the administrative arrest ranging from five to twelve days of activists of the Ukrainian Femen movement, who were detained for stripping at a Moscow polling station on Sunday.18:15 05.03.2012
Observers reveal thousands of violations during presidential electionsThe Voters League alleges that thousands of violations have been committed during the March 4 presidential election.11:07 05.03.2012