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......

Officials report hight turnout, monitors speak of violations - Russian vote continues

04.03.2012 16:36   Gazeta.ru team

Russia is electing a new president. The voting on Kamchatka, Tchukotka and the Far East, has already finished. The Central Election Commission reports a......

Buses ferry absentee voters from other regions to Moscow polling stations

04.03.2012 14:17  

There are approximately 100 buses with young men from other regions in Moscow's Bolotnaya square, they are being taken to diffirent polling stations to......

CEC: at 10:00 presidential voter turnout over twice that of Duma at the same time

04.03.2012 13:26   News dept

Voter turnout has already exceeded 12%, reports Central Election Commission assistant director Leonid Ivlev....

Post-Election party planned next to Kremlin for Putin supporters

04.03.2012 12:57   News dept

A massive pro-Putin rally is planned for Sunday evening in Moscow. The event will take place on Manezhnaya square in the center of the city, next to the......

The polls are open in Moscow

04.03.2012 12:51   News dept

On Sunday morning, more than 3 thousand polling stations opened in Moscow. Muscovites are voting for the president, as well as for selected members of......