elections

Russian elections: Pro-Putin party loses support but keeps ‘supermajority,’ Communists get big boost but allege count was rigged

Half the seats in the State Duma are awarded by proportional representation, while the others are assigned by ‘first-past-the-post’ results…

3 years ago

Putin’s party declares victory in Russian elections, insists it will retain two-thirds majority after polls show opposition gains

With 80% of the vote having been counted on Monday morning, Andrey Turchak, Secretary of the General Council of the…

3 years ago

Make elections attractive again: Popular Russian Instagram influencer launches VOTING PAGEANT as country heads to polls (PHOTOS)

Blogger Alina Morozova came up with the election beauty pageant on Friday. Suggesting that the women of her region were…

3 years ago

Russian elections: Communists set sights on major gains, but Western pundits are already dusting off their ‘rigged vote’ rhetoric

Russia's constitution is sometimes described as "super-presidential." It concentrates enormous powers in the hands of the head of state, including…

3 years ago

Russia’s elections are an all-important test for Putin’s party. But can opposition activists in the sunny south beat voter apathy?

However, not everyone in the fast-growing southern city seems to have gotten the message. “When does the election actually start?”…

3 years ago

‘Don’t interfere in our elections,’ Russian regulators tell US tech giants Apple & Google, in row over ‘foreign agent’ campaign

In a statement issued on Thursday evening, officials demanded that Apple and Google, as well as VPN service providers Cloudflare…

3 years ago

Ahead of next month’s Russian parliamentary elections, are cracks now opening in the popularity of the pro-Putin ruling party?

The United Russia party, which backs President Vladimir Putin and holds 334 of the State Duma’s 450 seats, is likely…

3 years ago

Ahead of next month’s Russian elections, Western ‘regime change’ activists are laying the groundwork for a new East-West stand-off

The difference is that when America or its allies do it, it’s called “promoting democracy.” Now, a campaign to undermine…

3 years ago

Anti-lockdown candidate Ayuso wins big in Madrid elections as Podemos party leader quits politics in defeat

With more than 99% of the ballots counted late on Tuesday night, Ayuso’s People’s Party took 45% of the vote,…

3 years ago

‘I’m not proposing a referendum right now’ says Sturgeon in independence U-turn as elections loom

“I don’t believe we should propose a referendum right at this moment,” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Radio…

3 years ago