YEREVAN — An Armenian opposition deputy has called Russia’s controversial parliamentary elections “undemocratic” and criticized Armenia’s government for welcoming the results, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports. Zaruhi Postanjian of the opposition Heritage party monitored the elections on December 4 along with other international observers from the Council of Europe. Postanjian said she visited two dozen polling [...]
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December 11, 2011
December 10, 2011
Putin faces wave of protests as opposition calls for new Russian elections
Vladimir Putin is set to face the biggest show of opposition yet to his strongman rule with tens of thousands of Russians promising to take to the streets on Saturday in a popular wave of discontent unseen since he came to power 12 years ago. The opposition coalesced around a set of concrete demands, including [...]
December 8, 2011
Hillary and Obama: Words of Wisdom on Russian Elections with a Cup of Coffee…
If there had been any saving grace for the reset between America and Russia, it is obvious by the Russian reaction to the things that have been said by Hillary and Obama over the Russian election, that the reset has gone under for the third time and won’t resurface alive. That is the thoughts this [...]
December 4, 2011
Local flavor marks Russian elections
The serious business of democracy is not without its moments of mirth, as the process of the parliamentary elections showed on Sunday. Spanning nine time zones and some of the coldest real estate the world has to offer, Russia presents its own unique challenges and opportunities for locals to participate in their own special ways [...]
December 1, 2011
Moldova Unhappy With Russian Voting Booths In Separatist Transdniester
CHISINAU — Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says he regrets Russia’s announcement that it will open voting booths in Moldova’s separatist Transdniester region for the upcoming Russian elections, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. Filat told RFE/RL in an interview in Prague on November 29 that his government had specifically asked Moscow not to organize polling areas [...]
November 26, 2011
Expats rejoice at new education laws
Expats rejoice at new education laws Published: 25 November, 2011, 21:52 Expats rejoice at new education laws (40.9Mb) embed video TAGS: Prime Time Russia, Immigration, Anya Fedorova, Neil Harvey, Lindsay France, Education Forthcoming Russian elections and foreign degree acceptance introduced by the country’s recently adopted law made this week for Moscow-based expats. 25.11, 20:48 Historama, [...]
November 9, 2011
Russian Opposition Party Devises Way To Sabotage Duma Election
MOSCOW — Two activists from an unregistered Russian opposition party were briefly detained on November 8 for distributing brochures explaining how to sabotage the December State Duma elections, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. The two, from the Party of People’s Liberty (PARNAS) were held for 1 1/2 hours before being released. PARNAS press secretary Yelena Dikun [...]
September 30, 2011
Russian elections not predetermined, says Medvedev
Election fever is gripping Russia with December’s looming parliamentary vote swiftly followed by the presidential run-off in March 2012. The president says it is the people’s votes which will decide who ends up with power in the country. President Dmitry Medvedev, who does not plan to compete for a second term, outlined his views on [...]