“I’m not going to leave my neighborhood”
Gleb Babich's campaign was one of the most remarkable campaigns in this year's Moscow City Duma elections.
On 16 July, Moscow Election Commission declared 8% of signatures collected by Gleb Babich invalid. The left-leaning urban activist will not be registered as a candidate.
In this interview, he talks about the goals and challenges of his campaign as well as the meaning of collective discussion and action in today’s Russia.
Election update IX. Russia begins preparations for Unified Voting Day 2024
In September, elections will be held for 13 regional legislatures and 22 governors.
Kremlin is actively preparing by further restricting both the citizens’s voting rights and political competition in 'problematic' regions.
More about the election-related developments of May/June 2024 in this review.
Read more … Election update IX. Russia begins preparations for Unified Voting Day 2024
'They decide who lives, who gets imprisoned, and who gets elected'. Russia bans 'foreign agents' from elections
Recently the parliament of Georgia, despite widespread public unrest and warnings from the EU, passed a law on 'foreign agents', commonly referred to as 'the Russian law'.
In this article, REM discusses the evolution of the legislation on foreign agents in Russia and the recent legislative amendments on the participation of 'foreign agents' in elections.
"Something's been tweaked somewhere!": Participants in the war in Ukraine ran in Russian elections and failed
Despite being given advantages, only 19 war participants won ‘passable’ parliamentary seats in United Russia primaries.
How was this even possible? Read in the article by Verstka.
Russian expatriate voting: Generational divides, gender gap and electoral manipulations
How do Russians living abroad vote and what factors drive their electoral behavior?
In the presidential election 2024, volunteers conducted exit poll surveys in 44 countries where Russian citizens cast their votes.
The results identify the most problematic polling places with significant discrepancies between survey results and official voting results.
Read more … Russian expatriate voting: Generational divides, gender gap and electoral manipulations
When did it all go so horribly wrong? The Russian opposition turns to introspection
The Anti-Corruption Foundation’s latest documentary series with the heavy title Traitors raises complex questions about the 1990s as a myth and as an actual historical period that had consequences for the present - questions about opposition strategy, communication style, political platform and Russia’s possible future.
In this essay, Dr. Ilya Matveev reflects on each of these questions in turn.
Read more … When did it all go so horribly wrong? The Russian opposition turns to introspection