It is an ideal time for establishing a new Russian right-wing party as the country’s “political landscape” is changing, former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said in an interview with Vedomosti business daily published on Monday. New Russian party to be established In the first interview after his scandalous dismissal, Kudrin, who fell out with [...]
Tag: parliamentary elections
December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Russian Vologda region’s governor resigns over lack of trust
The Governor of Russia’s Vologda region Vyacheslav Pozgalev wrote on his Twitter account on Monday that he had filed for resignation to President Dmitry Medvedev because of a lack of the people’s trust. “I have filed a resignation petition to the president. I consider it impossible to run the region with such a level of [...]
December 12, 2011
Russia’s Medvedev Rejects Demand For New Vote, Orders Inquiry Into Fraud Claims
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he disagrees with demands made at nationwide protests for a rerun of parliamentary elections. But Medvedev said on his Facebook account on December 11 that he had nevertheless asked officials to look into reports of possible violations at polling stations during the December 4 vote. The ruling United Russia party [...]
December 11, 2011
Russian election protests in Moscow
Thousands take to the streets of the Russian capital to protest against the highly disputed parliamentary elections and Vladimir Putin’s attempt to become president once more
December 7, 2011
Russia erupts in protests after elections
Thousands of people demonstrate against disputed parliamentary elections after allegations of vote rigging and corruption, with pro-Kremlin activists rallying in response
December 5, 2011
Russian expats vote Yabloko; N.Caucasus, Moscow asylum for United Russia
The Liberal Yabloko party that barely made it over the three-percent threshold in parliamentary elections on Sunday beat the remaining six other parties in the expat vote, while the national favorite United Russia scored best in Chechnya and in a Moscow mental institution. In the UK, there were 2,208 Russians, and 41 percent of them [...]
December 5, 2011
Putin says vote reflects ‘real situation’ in Russia
The results of the vote on Sunday in Russia’s parliamentary elections were “optimal” and “really reflect the situation in the country,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as early election results showed his United Russia party had suffered siginificant losses at the polls. Preliminary outcome of the State Duma elections
December 4, 2011
Russians vote in parliamentary elections
Opinion polls indicate that Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party could see its parliamentary majority reduced when the final count is completed
December 4, 2011
United Russia garners 48% in parliament elections – exit polls
United Russia party has garnered 48.5 percent in Russia’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls released by the All-Russia Center for Public Opinion (VTsIOM) on Sunday after polling stations closed at 9:00 p.m. local time in the westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad.
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December 4, 2011
Police detain nearly 200 protesters on election day
Dozens of opposition activists who attempted to stage rallies against the parliamentary elections were arrested in Moscow and St. Petersburg Sunday evening.
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December 4, 2011
109-year-old woman votes at polling station in N.Caucasus
A 109-year-old woman came to a polling station in Ingushetia, a small republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, to cast her vote in the parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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December 2, 2011
December 2, 2011
November 30, 2011
Most Russians ignoring Duma campaign
Less than half of Russians, about 47-48 percent, are paying attention to the campaign trail ahead of December 4 parliamentary elections, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. The voters most interested in the election campaign are backers of A Just Russia party (64 percent of those polled) and parties that usually do not [...]