Right to free elections in Russia violated in 2011 – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Russian authorities had violated rights of several individuals to participate in free elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg back in December 2011.14:02 30.05.2017
Russian Supreme Court finds results of State Duma elections legalThe Supreme Court of Russia has ruled in favor of Russia’s Central Election Commission and dismissed an appeal against the results of 2016 State Duma elections.13:40 14.03.2017
Parties may be liquidated during election race only for extremism – Russian Supreme CourtRussia’s Supreme Court’s plenum ruled on Tuesday that political parties may be liquidated during election race only if they are found to be extremist.11:43 27.12.2016
Removal of candidate who concealed his criminal record from party roster upheldThe Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Central Electoral Board and the Party of Pensioners for Justice Central Council to remove Yevgeny Korotenko, who concealed his criminal record, from the federal party roster set for the upcoming election of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.18:15 02.09.2016
Russian Justice Ministry seeks liquidation of political party “Volya”Russia’s Justice Ministry has lodged an application with the Supreme Court seeking liquidation of the political party “Volya” allowed by the Central Election Commission to participate in the upcoming elections for the State Duma.15:38 08.08.2016
Russian regulator blocks websites with calls to boycott State Duma electionsRussia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has blocked website containing calls to sit out elections for the State Duma.16:45 08.07.2016
Russian Constitutional Court grants ECHR claim over inmates’ voting right in partThe Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the claim of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to grant voting rights to inmates may be partially satisfied in Russia.13:41 19.04.2016
Russian opposition politician arrested in KostromaThe police in Kostroma arrested opposition politician Ilya Yashin, deputy head of the Republican Party of Russia–People’s Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS), for violating a Kostroma Region noise control act.16:07 26.08.2015
Putin signs law to shift State Duma elections to September 2016President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law to shift the State Duma elections from December to September 2016.11:05 15.07.2015
‘None of the above’ option may be again added to voting ballots in RussiaMP Margarita Svergunova (LDPR) has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would return the “None of the Above” (NOTA) option to ballots for all types of elections.17:19 24.06.2015
Moscow court dismisses Navalny's party election appealThe Moscow City Court upheld a lower court ruling to ban Alexei Navalny’s Party of Progress which experienced problems with registering from taking part in elections.15:44 30.03.2015
Navalny refuses to testify in case over alleged campaign finance fraudOpposition activist Alexei Navalny refused to testify as a witness in a case regarding the embezzlement of his Moscow mayor election campaign funds.16:52 25.12.2014
Russian upper house approves political funding billThe Federation Council on Wednesday passed the bill increasing fines for illegal contributions to political parties and bribing voters, RIA Novosti reports.11:58 19.11.2014
Over 400 cases opened over violations during Ukraine's parliamentary electionUkraine’s Interior Ministry has initiated over 400 cases on the falsification of parliamentary election results and arrested several suspects, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.13:25 17.11.2014
Blacklisted observers at Donetsk and Lugansk elections to sue UkraineObservers from Poland at the elections in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics which broke away from Ukraine are going to sue Ukrainian authorities for banning them from entering the country, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.15:58 06.11.2014
Ukrainian Svoboda party to contest parliamentary election resultsThe leader of the Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda (Freedom), Oleh Tyahnybok, said they would contest the results of the Verkhovna Rada elections in court, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.16:46 30.10.2014
Voting age could be lowered to 16 years in Russia - reportAlexei Didenko, a member of parliament with the Liberal Democratic Party, proposed lowering the voting age in Russia from 18 to 16 years, Izvestia newspaper writes on Monday.11:21 27.10.2014
Ukrainian pilot arrested in Russia elected to parliament - reportThe leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, said she hopes that the election to parliament will help ensure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been charged with complicity in the death of Russian journalists in southeastern Ukraine, UNIAN news agency reports.10:37 27.10.2014
EU says elections in Crimea illegalThe European Union does not recognize the legitimacy of the Crimean elections, because it does not recognize the legitimacy of Crimea’s accession to Russia, the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement.10:21 16.09.2014
Girls strip at Moscow polling station, face trialThe girls who yesterday stripped to the waist in a central Moscow polling station in support of Ukraine will be held civilly liable, Interfax has announced, citing a source with inside information.13:55 15.09.2014