Navalny supporter denied registration as election candidateRussia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld denial to register Konstantin Yankauskas, a member of the Moscow legislature who had been charged with large-scale fraud, as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma election scheduled for September 14, 2014, the court told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.15:35 05.08.2014
Navalny supporter charged with fraud to remain under house arrest until OctoberThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld a previous court decision to extend the house arrest of Konstantin Yankauskas, a member of the Moscow legislature who had been charged with large-scale fraud, until October 17, the court’s press office told RAPSI.13:42 30.07.2014
Mubarak’s supporters allowed to run for parliamentAn appeals court in Cairo ruled on Monday that the leaders of the former ruling party of ousted President Hosni Mubarak would be able to run in the parliamentary elections this fall, AFP said citing sources in the court.10:24 15.07.2014
Investigative Committee charges Navalny supporter with fraudA member of the Moscow legislature, Konstantin Yankauskas, has been charged with large-scale fraud. Investigators have filed a motion to place him under house arrest, lawyer Sergei Panchenko told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.11:50 11.06.2014
Ukrainian Supreme Court to consider legality of presidential election on June 10The Supreme Court of Ukraine has scheduled a hearing for an administrative case by Donetsk lawyer Vladimir Olentsevich on legality of the May 25 presidential election, for June 10, Olentsevich told RIA Novosti.17:30 05.06.2014
Supreme Court of Libya says election of prime minister illegalLibya’s Supreme Court said on Thursday the election of Ahmed Maiteeq as prime minister was illegal, Reuters reported, citing court officials. Maiteeq’s lawyers immediately filed an appeal against the ruling, which was broadcast on television.16:28 05.06.2014
Chocolate mogul Poroshenko leads Ukrainian presidential elections – exit pollsChocolate king and independent candidate Petro Poroshenko has won the presidential election in Ukraine in the first round with over 55% of the vote. According to exit polls, the runner-up is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (Batkivshchyna).10:07 26.05.2014
Navalny’s supporters suspected of embezzling mayoral election fundsSearches are underway in the residences of lawmaker Konstantin Yankauskas and businessmen Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov, who financed Alexei Navalny’s campaign during last year’s Moscow mayoral election, the Investigative Committee spokesman said.12:22 23.05.2014
Ukrainian President to be elected for five yearsThe next Ukrainian president will serve a five-year term, according to the Ukrainian Constitutional Court’s decision released Friday. The early election is scheduled for May 25.12:20 16.05.2014
Russia nominates first delegate for Interpol Executive CommitteeRussian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced that Russia has nominated Major General Alexander Prokopchuk, Head of the Interpol National Central Bureau of the Russian Interior Ministry, for the Interpol Executive Committee.16:44 14.05.2014
Greek court allows extreme right party to run in European electionsGreece’s Supreme Court has allowed 43 parties and movements, including the far-right Golden Dawn party, to run in European Parliament elections this month, writes the Greek Newspaper of Editors.12:51 12.05.2014
Russian Constitutional Court approves early voting rightRussia’s Constitutional Court has terminated the ban on the right to early voting for valid reasons, such as vacation, business trip or health reasons.15:53 08.05.2014
Syria’s constitutional court registers first presidential candidateSyria’s Higher Constitutional Court forwarded the first nomination for the presidential election to the People’s Assembly (parliament) on Wednesday, Syrian state television has announced.15:34 23.04.2014
Another case opened against Ukrainian presidential candidate TsarevThe Luhansk Region Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine has initiated legal proceedings against presidential candidate Oleh Tsarev whose public speeches were considered “actions promoting changes within the national borders,” the prosecutor’s press service reported Wednesday.16:50 16.04.2014
Turchinov says Ukrainian federalisation referendum possibleActing president of Ukraine Aleksandr Turchinov stated that a referendum on federalization of Ukraine may be held along with the presidential elections on May 25.14:52 14.04.2014
‘Darth Vader’ contests denied registration for Ukraine’s presidential electionA representative of the Internet Party of Ukraine calling himself Darth Vader has appealed to the court regarding his registration as a presidential candidate, which was rejected by the Central Electoral Committee, the party announced Monday.12:09 07.04.2014
Tymoshenko may run for Ukrainian presidency under new lawIn accordance with a new law signed into force by Ukraine’s acting president Aleksandr Turchinov, recently freed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko may run for president.14:52 03.03.2014
Putin signs law on mixed electoral systemPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a law on a mixed electoral system. A document to this effect was published on the official legal information website on Monday.12:17 24.02.2014
Felons can run for president after 15 years since convictionPresident Vladimir Putin has singed a law that allows individuals convicted for serious and aggravated crimes to run for governor or the presidential office, according to the statement on the Kremlin's website.10:23 24.02.2014
Ukrainian President Yanukovich announces early electionsUkrainian Presdient Viktor Yanukovich on Friday declared that he is intitating the return to the 2004 constitution with redestributing power towards parliamentary republic form of government, and announced early presidential elections.15:18 21.02.2014