Referendum

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Federation Council approves bills on admission of new subjects to Russia

The Federation Council on Tuesday approved federal constitutional bills on the incorporation of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics into the Russian Federation.

11:32 04.10.2022

DPR People's Council adopts law on referendum as to region's accession to Russia

The People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has adopted the law on a referendum on the issue of the region’s accession to the Russian Federation on Tuesday; the document is a legislative initiative of DPR Head Denis Pushilin.

15:45 20.09.2022

LPR Head signs law on referendum as to region's accession to Russian Federation

The Head of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, has signed the law on a referendum on the issue of the region’s accession to the Russian Federation on Tuesday.

15:18 20.09.2022

No referendum required to amend Russia’s Constitution – rights advocate

The renewal of the Constitution proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin requires neither a referendum, nor convening of the Constitutional Assembly, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has stated.

17:13 17.01.2020

Russian publicist appeals against sentence for extremism

Publicist Yury Mukhin filed an appeal against a 4-year suspended sentence he received for organizing an extremist group.

11:35 14.08.2017

Moscow court finds defendants in case of illegal referendum guilty of extremism

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has found four members of the Initiative Group to Campaign for a Referendum for Responsible Government guilty of organizing an extremist group.

12:50 10.08.2017

Spanish prosecutors charge Catalonian officials for holding prohibited referendum

The Spanish Prosecutor General’s Office has taken legal action against Catalan president Artur Mas for holding a symbolic independence survey on November 9 in defiance of a court injunction, RIA Novosti reported on Friday.

16:52 21.11.2014

Supreme Court of Spain puts a lid on Catalonia referendum

The Supreme Court of Spain has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Catalonian authorities against Spain, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

17:36 06.11.2014

Spanish government contests Catalonian independence referendum

The Spanish government has decided to request that the Constitutional Court analyze the legality of the planned independence referendum in Catalonia, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told journalists after the cabinet’s emergency meeting on Monday.

15:42 29.09.2014

Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk to hold referendum on regions’ status on May 11

The People’s Council of Donetsk decided to hold a referendum on the status of the region on May 11.

14:57 08.05.2014