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Elections in Russia
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Ukraine’s MFA urges media not to call Russia’s “farce” as “elections”; over 55 countries condemn vote in occupied areas
Ukraine urged not using "elections" for Russia's events, as Ukraine and over 55 countries denounced the voting in Russian-occupied Ukrainian areas as invalid and illegitimate.
Russian online voting systems hacked by Ukrainian intel
Although Russian officials attributed the "interruptions to a large number of people wanting to vote," the source claims that the HUR’s cyber operation caused the disruption.
British Intel: Occupation authorities force Ukrainians into sham Russian presidential vote
Russian occupying authorities increase their push for residents to vote in presidential election polls. In Luhansk, 2,600 Russian officials have been tasked with visiting homes and pressuring residents to participate in the Kremlin's illegal voting exercise.
Russian occupation authorities offer money to pensioners in occupied Ukraine for votes in Russian elections
In the upcoming Russian presidential elections, occupation forces are offering pensioners in occupied territories of Ukraine 5,000 rubles ($55) for their votes, aiming to boost turnout, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported.
Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied Ukraine, violating Ukrainian Constitution
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets called on world to condemn the illegal elections, Russia is preparing in four Ukrainian oblasts occupied by Russian forces
UK intel: Russia to extend voting to Ukraine’s occupied areas to legitimize invasion
Russian authorities will extend unfair and controlled 2024 presidential election voting to occupied Ukrainian territories in an effort to legitimize its invasion through rigged pro-Russian results, per UK intelligence.
Danilov warns of possible total mobilization in Russia after 2024 presidential election
Ukraine's NSDC Secretary Oleksii Danilov stated that Ukraine and the international community have only 3-4 months to prepare for increased Russian aggression following the Russian presidential election on 17 March 2024.
British intel: Putin ramps up public appearances ahead of 2024 election
Putin's recent visit to Rostov-on-Don and meeting there with a Russian general, along with a planned press conference, indicate preparations for the elections, the UK intel said.
British intel: Putin to avoid unpopular moves ahead of re-election bid
The Kremlin may postpone any new mobilization drives until after Russia's March 2024 presidential vote, as new call-up could prove politically damaging.
Russian opposition shows it doesn’t understand situation, Pastukhov says
Since the recent Russian Duma election, some members of the Russian opposition have tied themselves in knots with…
Russian gas, German elections, and US sanctions
Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in…
Putin’s party won less than a third of the vote and not the nearly half reported, Shpilkin says
Had there not been massive falsification of the vote in the Russian Duma elections, Putin’s United Russia party…
Russian elections in Ukraine’s Donbas: Annexing people before annexing territory
The voting in the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DNR, LNR) marked the first time that local residents—legally…
Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…
Kremlin’s panic over “smart voting” ends any prospect election will be viewed as legitimate, Pastukhov says
The Kremlin recognizes this, the London-based Russian analyst says; and that explains why its reaction has not been…
Russia shuttles residents of occupied Donbas to vote in Duma elections amid accelerated passportization
Mass passportization Preparations for the State Duma Elections elections in the occupied part of the Donbas kicked off…
The Russian elections and hidden regionalist politics
The 20-year-old ban on regional-level political parties, put in place when President Vladimir Putin came to power in…
Kremlin planning to avoid transition of power, not to arrange it, Shklyarov says
There are at least two reasons why the Kremlin is working to avoid any transition of power from…
Putin says Russia ‘ruled by God’ and presents Russians as victims of Holocaust
Many of Vladimir Putin’s supporters only ten days ago were expressing concern that he had not launched his…
10 things about what the Kremlin is calling an “election”
Aleksey Shaburov, a Yekaterinburg commentator, says that people are making a mistake treating the March 2018 voting as…