Ruling party dominates regional elections in Russia

15.10.2012 12:34   Politics Dept.

Russia's ruling party "United Russia" has dominated election polls in almost all regions after Sunday's regional vote, early results suggest. ...

Victorious Georgia's Dream party challenges election rigging

05.10.2012 15:42   News Dept.

The recently victorious coalition "Georgia's Dream" is challenging the results of votes on majority lists in five districts, reports Interfax. ...

Opposition activist Chirikova registered for Khimki mayoral vote

10.09.2012 14:07   News Dept.

Environmental activist, the leader of "Defend the Khimki forest" Evgeniya Chirikova has officially become a candidate for mayor's post in the Moscow region......

Court denies Oleg Shein's demand to nullify Astrakhan's mayoral vote

15.06.2012 15:01   News dept

Kirov district court has made a ruling in the case of Oleg Shein, a former mayor candidate in the city of Astrakhan who lost the election to a United......

Bill for direct mayoral elections introduced in Moscow duma

24.05.2012 19:23   News dept., edited by Semyon Kvasha

United Russia has introduced a bill to the Moscow Duma setting out the rules for a mayoral election, Interfax reported, citing a source in the city's......

Opposition candidate wins mayoral election in Yaroslavl

02.04.2012 20:02   Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Yevgeny Urlashov won a very competitive mayoral election in the large Russian city of Yaroslavl. Supported by the opposition, he became the mayor after......

Presidential elections rated poorly by international observers

06.03.2012 13:15   Gazeta.ru team

The PACE group of international monitors gave its review of the Russian Presidential vote, criticizing it for unequal conditions during the presidential......

Moscow police crack down anti-Putin rally

06.03.2012 01:03   Ekaterina Savina, Sergei Smirnov, Anastassia Agamalova, Maxim Solopov, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Monday's opposition rally started peacefully and ended with mass arrests and fights. Opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov were arrested,......

Putin's supporters rallied for him in Moscow

05.03.2012 02:53   Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Semyon Kvasha and Robert Gally

On Sunday afternoon and evening, all the central squares of the capital were occupied by pro-Kremlin movements. They decided to congratulate Putin on his......

Putin wins 2012 Presidential Election

04.03.2012 23:40   Svetlana Bocharova, edited by Semyon Kvasha

There will be no run-off in the presidential election: preliminary election results give Prime Minister Vladimir Putin more than 63% of the vote, exit......