Vote report. How Kremlin uses social media to control and boost turnout
REM commissioned an independent team of analysts to monitor Russia's leading social networks, VKontakte and Telegram, to show how the Kremlin's propaganda machine works on social media.
Here are the results of social media monitoring during the voting days on March 16-18, 2024.
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Electoral anomaly in Cyprus. How Foreign Ministry and CEC fabricated 40,000 votes for Putin
We collected evidence demonstrating why the presidential vote 2024 in Cyprus can be considered the largest overseas electoral fraud in Russia's modern history.
Fire, ink, Noon against Putin: How Russians resisted illegitimate elections
Russia's three-day presidential vote 2024 seemed to be the most non-transparent in its history.
In this article, we provide an overview of the civic resistance at polls during the voting days.
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22 million fake votes for Putin? How Kremlin rigged the election results 2024
Various methods of data analysis can be used to detect electoral fraud.
Several investigative teams counted that at least 22 million votes — a third of the 65 million ballots cast for Vladimir Putin — were cast fraudulently. Keep reading to find out how it works.
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Statement on the Russian presidential elections 2024
Based on Golos observers' reports, REM summarizes the three-day presidential vote results and reports on electoral violations.
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Express review of the third voting day on 17 March
Based on the Golos report, REM summarizes the key trends observed during the third voting day of the presidential election 2024.
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Russian opposition: A strategic impasse
The current state of opposition politics in Russia is paradoxical. Despite commanding considerable resources, the opposition has not had any strategic or even tactical successes for a long time.
In this essay, a political scientist discusses the impasse in which the Russian opposition finds itself and outlines three areas for strategic discussion about its future.
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