Observer

An observer is a citizen of the Russian Federation authorised to monitor voting, the vote count and other activities of the commission during voting, the tabulation of results and the tabulation of election or referendum results, including the commission's activities to verify that the results of voting and the tabulation of election or referendum results are correct (Article 2, paragraph 42, Federal Law #67).

To compare the status of a media representative, see Actors and participants of electoral observation