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Moscow court to proceed with Communist Party’s lawsuits against e-voting results

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has set October 7 as a date for the talk on 15 lawsuits filed by the Russian Communist Party and candidates for State Duma lawmakers objecting the results of electronic voting.

10:41 06.10.2021

Russia’s Communist Party files 32 lawsuits seeking to cancel electronic voting results

The Moscow Presnensky District Court has registered 32 administrative claims filed by the Russian Communist Party and candidates for State Duma lawmakers seeking to cancel the results of electronic voting.

14:26 30.09.2021

Russia’s Central Election Commission to check all election fraud reports

The Central Election Commission will check all complaints about alleged cases of election fraud, the Commission’s Chair Ella Pamfilova has announced.

13:46 24.09.2021

Russian Parliamentary Elections meet standards – international monitors

The elections of the State Duma lawmakers have been held in accordance with generally recognized international democratic standards, international monitors from the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly report.

14:02 20.09.2021

No serious violations registered at Russian Parliamentary elections - Civic Chamber

The Russian Civic Chamber monitors have registered no serious violations during the Parliamentary elections held on September 17 through 20, only a small part of reports of non-compliance with the "golden standard" of the monitoring process were confirmed, according to the secretary of the body Lydia Mikheyeva.

12:56 20.09.2021

Thirty written electoral rights petitions filed with Russian Ombudsman in three days

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 30 written petitions concerning election rights during the last three voting days.

11:31 20.09.2021

Head of Russian Investigative Committee puts check of voting breach reports under control

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin on Monday ordered chiefs of investigative departments to conduct check of all reports of election violations the body had received from the Interior Ministry.

10:57 20.09.2021

Russian Ombudsman monitors observance of rights of all groups of voters

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova and her staff will monitor the observance of electoral rights of citizens in regions, including hard-to-reach pre-trial detention centers and psychiatric clinics.

18:03 17.09.2021

Russian authority urges Twitter to explain blocking of Moscow Election Commission account

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has sent a letter to the management of Twitter Inc demanding the company to explain as soon as possible its reasons for imposing restrictions on the account of the Moscow City Election Commission.

16:01 17.09.2021

Investigators seek to detain defendants in case over single voting days riots plot

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to place defendants in a case over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days in detention until November 14.

11:35 17.09.2021

Russian investigators open case over inducement to single voting days riots

A criminal case has been opened over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days.

13:00 16.09.2021

Nearly 4,000 fake news about Russian elections revealed on Internet in two months

Since the beginning of July, 3,800 fake news about the State Duma and regional election campaign have been revealed on the Internet, according to a member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of Information Community, Mass Media, and Mass Communications, Director of the Internet Safety League Yekaterina Mizulina.

14:21 31.08.2021

Russian rights commissioners to take part in video monitoring of State Duma election

Russia’s Federal Ombudsman and regional human rights commissioners will for the first time ever receive access to the video broadcasting of the State Duma election.

17:14 30.08.2021

Russian Ombudsman, Election Commission monitor human rights during election campaign

The Office of Russia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova and Russia’s Central Election Commission cooperate in solving of citizens’ problems concerning the election campaign.

12:14 16.08.2021

Civic activists to monitor voting of convicts at September elections in Russia

Convicts are to take part in the September elections voting under public control, the respective agreement has been signed in the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.

14:48 29.07.2021

Mobile app to tighten public scrutiny of parliamentary elections under development

A mobile application aimed at tightening public scrutiny of parliamentary elections in September is being developed, according to the secretary of the Russian Civic Chamber Lydia Mikheyeva.

15:09 12.07.2021

Russia’s Civic Chamber members take part in observing elections in Armenia

A delegation of Russia’s Civic Chamber has participated in the monitoring of the process of expression of the will of citizens during the recent parliamentary elections held in Armenia.

15:19 22.06.2021

Discrediting of State Duma elections coordinated from USA, EU, Ukraine - senators

Actions aimed to discredit the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation is coordinated with direct participation of the US Department of State, according to a press release published by the working group under the Federation Council commission on monitoring attempts of external interference in elections.

15:06 18.06.2021

State Duma elections to be held on September 19

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree on holding of elections for the State Duma on September 19.

10:59 18.06.2021

Russian President bans extremists from running for election

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill temporarily prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections at all levels into law.

13:24 04.06.2021