MPs back bill banning extremists from running for State Duma electionState Duma lawmakers passed a draft law prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections in the lower house of parliament in the second reading on Tuesday.15:10 25.05.2021
Expert warns of cyberattacks on major political actors ahead of elections in RussiaHackers will try to compromise the voting process and hinder large political actors to communicate with voters, First Deputy Chair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of the Information Community Alexander Malkevich believes.18:21 24.05.2021
Ex-chair of regional district election committee charged with ballot fraudInvestigators in Russia’s Penza Region have charged a former chair of one of the local district election committees with electoral fraud.17:45 22.03.2021
Putin urges prosecutors to combat extremism, corruption and election fraudProsecutors must be more aggressive in the fight against extremism, nationalism, corruption and election fraud, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during the extended meeting of the panel of the Prosecutor General’s Office.16:51 17.03.2021
Draft law on punishment for unlawful pre-election campaigning passed by State DumaA bill permitting to block dissemination of pre-election campaign materials where it is done in violation of law passed its third and final reading in Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday.14:22 17.02.2021
State Duma backs harsher punishment for unlawful pre-election campaigningLawmakers of the lower house of Russia’s parliament have supported in the second reading legislative amendments, which will permit to block dissemination of pre-election campaign materials where it is done in violation of law.14:14 16.02.2021
Russia’s Civic Chamber proposes broader monitoring of elections abroadRussia’s Civic Chamber is ready to form a group of observers, which is to include compatriots and foreign experts, to monitor elections held abroad.13:49 06.10.2020
Arrest in absentia of woman over repeated Constitution amendments voting vacatedThe Moscow City Court has overturned arrest in absentia of citizen of Russia and Israel Yulia Ilyinskaya, who had allegedly three times voted on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.18:08 17.09.2020
Russian rights activists register about 3,000 pieces of fake news during single voting dayAbout three thousand pieces of fake news about the single election day have been registered over almost two weeks of monitoring.12:27 14.09.2020
Thirty electoral rights violation complaints filed with Russian ombudsman in three daysRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received thirty complaints of violation of electoral rights of citizens during preparation and on the single voting day.10:22 14.09.2020
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds regulation establishing three-day voteThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has dismissed a complaint of the Communist Party seeking to challenge a new regulation of the voting hold for three days.16:06 07.09.2020
Russia’s human rights body to monitor September electionsThe Presidential Council for Human Rights will monitor elections in September.16:05 28.08.2020
Russian Central Election Commission reveals 35 repeated Constitution changes vote attemptsA working group of the Central Election Commission has revealed 35 attempts of the repeated voting on the amendments to Russia’s Constitution, according to the Commission’s member Anton Lopatin.14:19 19.08.2020
E-register of voters to exclude issuance of second ballot – Civic Chamber memberAn electronic register of voters will entirely rule out the possibility of issuance of the second ballot during elections, according to Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Vote public control coordination board Maxim Grigoryev.17:39 12.08.2020
Union of Journalists of Russia voices protest over arrest of media members in BelarusThe Union of Journalists of Russia has voiced protest over recent arrests of representatives of mass media in Belarus.15:23 10.08.2020
Probe launched into Russian woman over repeated Constitution amendments votingInvestigation was opened against citizen of Russia and Israel Yulia Ilyinskaya, who had allegedly three times voted on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.16:42 30.07.2020
September vote to last for 3 days – Russia’s Central Election CommissionVote in September will last for three days, from September 11 to 13, according to the Central Election Commission Chair Ella Pamfilova.13:14 24.07.2020
Vote public control coordination board created in Russia’s Civic ChamberA regular Vote public control coordination board has been created in the Civic Chamber of Russia, according to the council’s chairman Maxim Grigoryev.11:48 22.07.2020
State Duma adopts amendments permitting to cast votes over course of up to 3 daysThe State Duma has approved in the third and final reading amendments to the electoral laws envisaging that the voting may be carried out within the space of several (but no more than three) days.15:32 21.07.2020
Putin thanks Central Election Commission head for high-level vote organizationVoting for amendments to the Russian Constitution was organized competently on the engineering and epidemiological sides, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during the video meeting with the Central Election Commission’s head Ella Pamfilova.16:51 09.07.2020