elections
Sept. 18 2021, 4:16 pm
RFE/RL: Fraud allegations mar second day of Russian elections
Allegations of widespread election fraud marred the second of three days of Russia’s polls on Sept. 18 as jailed opposition politician Aleksei …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sept. 18 2021, 3:48 pm
New York Times: As Russians vote, resignation, anger and fear of a post-Putin unknown
Many in Russia say they are fed up with corruption, stagnant wages and rising prices. But they worry, as one man said, that “if things start to …
New York Times
Sept. 18 2021, 2:02 pm
NBC News: Big Tech grapples with Russian internet crackdown during election
The Russian government is increasingly pressuring American technology companies to take down content from their platforms with threats of fines, …
NBC News
Sept. 18 2021, 12:25 pm
UkrInform: Ukraine imposes sanctions on 33 Russia’s Duma candidates
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine imposed personal restrictive measures against 33 candidates for members of the State Duma of the …
UkrInform
Sept. 18 2021, 11:16 am
Reuters: Putin’s foes accuse Google and Apple of caving to Kremlin pressure
PARIS/CANBERRA/WASHINGTON – France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Sept. 18 after it recalled …
Reuters
Sept. 18 2021, 10:58 am
Euronews: What is Navalny’s Smart Voting app?
The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny and his allies may not be running in the Sept. 19 parliamentary election but they had hoped to …
Euronews
Sept. 18 2021, 10:12 am
RFE/RL: Russian elections enter second day after reports of violations
Russians headed to the polls for the second of three days of voting on Sept. 18 as popular messaging app Telegram suspended all chat bots used in the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sept. 18 2021, 9:54 am
Reuters: Ukraine to sanction participants in Russian vote in separatist-held area
Ukraine will impose sanctions against dozens of organisers and participants in Russian parliamentary elections taking place in occupied territories in …
Reuters
Sept. 17 2021, 9:46 pm
Voice of America: Will Russia’s young people vote in parliamentary elections?
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin provoked chuckles earlier this month from school kids in the Russian city of Vladivostok when a 10-year-old asked …
Voice of America
Sept. 17 2021, 4:44 pm
CNN: Russia goes to the polls amid crackdown on political dissent
Millions of Russians are expected to head to the polls over a three-day period starting Sept. 17 in elections taking place against the backdrop of an …
CNN
Sept. 16 2021, 9:56 pm
Bloomberg: Russia targets Google, Apple in crackdown before elections
Russia is stepping up pressure on U.S. technology companies ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections, the latest move in an escalating squeeze on …
Bloomberg
Sept. 16 2021, 6:02 pm
RFE/RL: Vlogger in Russia allegedly offers money to vote ‘for whom I tell you’
A popular Instagram vlogger from Russia’s northwestern Komi region, Aleksandr Tretyakov (@tretyakov034), posted a video on September 9 in which he …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sept. 16 2021, 5:56 pm
Washington Post: Russia’s parliament elections display Putin’s grip on opposition
Boris Vishnevsky is a slight man with thin graying hair, mournful eyes and a beard. He’s running for parliament against Boris Vishnevsky, a slight man …
Washington Post
Sept. 16 2021, 3:06 pm
The Moscow Times: Occupied Donbas to bus Russian passport holders to the polls
Authorities in eastern Ukraine’s breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) have readied nearly 1,000 buses and trains to neighboring Russia for …
The Moscow Times
Sept. 16 2021, 2:53 pm
Reuters: Stability trumps growth for government as Russians prepare to vote
Low wages and rising prices are crucial issues for Russians at parliamentary elections this week, but maintaining financial stability matters more to …
Reuters
Sept. 16 2021, 11:55 am
RFE/RL: A ‘single voting day’ in Russia…held over three days
As the old joke goes, the Soviet Union was heralded for producing the world’s largest microchips and the fastest watches. But Russia alone can lay …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Sept. 16 2021, 10:22 am
Associated Press: Parliamentary election unlikely to change Russia’s politics
After a few weeks of desultory campaigning but months of relentless official moves to shut down significant opposition, Russia is holding three days …
Associated Press
Sept. 15 2021, 8:52 pm
RFE/RL: Activists, reporter arrested for pro-Navalny action on Moscow’s Red Square
MOSCOW — Moscow police have detained four activists and a reporter over a brief protest in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny held on …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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