Dmitry Medvedev is being inaugurated as Russia's third president since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

In this article Dr Zoltan Toth, Secretary General of the ACEEEO, analyses the Russian Duma elections, took place on 2 December, 2007

Adopted by the State Duma on June 21, 2001; Approved by the Federation Council on June 29, 2001 Federal Law No. 95-FZ, July 11, 2001. Amended on April, 26, ...

An electoral calendar prepared by IFES for the June 1996 elections in the Russian Federation

A specimen of the ballot paper used in the 2000 Parliamentary Elections in the Russian Federation

Document collection including all observation reports

A Quick Reference Guide developed by IFES for the Election Calendar of the June 1996 elections in the Russian Federation

A six month election calendar beginning two months before and ending three months after the election date. Details the task, the deadline and the person ...

A summary of the activities that should be carried out in preparation for the election. Works forwards 6 months from the ANNOUNCEMENT of the election date

article on the Arbitration Court on Information Matters, an ad hoc body established specifically for the 1993 parliamentary elections. (written by Richard ...

This Press release informs you that OSCE ODIHR regrets that restrictions imposed on its planned election observation mission will not allow it to deploy a ...

You can read BBC journalists' answers to questions about the 2008 presidental elections in Russia, for instance What is at stake? What are the rules? Who is ...

This short news confirms that besides ODIHR also OSCE Parlamentary Assembley decided to not observe 2008 presidental elections in Russia.

The Paper "The effect of Electoral Rules on Distributive Voting: some evidence from the Russian State Duma (1994-2003)" written by Jana Kunicová (California ...

Author: Rule, Wilma, Shvedova, Nadezhda

A pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), concluding a two-day visit to Moscow, has expressed concern at the ...

Excerpts from the Presidential Election Law of Russia, from Article 44 to 50, regulating the use of media during the elections.

Checklist to be completed by field observer as they visit different polling stations.

Here is a link to a website containing a jumplist to all the regional election commissions which are subjects of the Russian Federation.

In this article you can read about President Vladimir Putin's favoured successor – 42-year-old Dmitry Medvedev and some comments on his nomination.

This article examines three key changes in the ex-Soviet bloc: Ukraine's "orange revolution" of 2004-05; the development of so-called "counter-revolutionary ...

This Guide has been developed to provide information on implementing transparency principles in the electoral process. It is intended to serve as a basis ...

The report on the 21 October Pre-term elections was presented by the National Election Commission on the 2008 Annual Conference of the ACEEEO.

ACEEEO is the ACE Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe.

The second edition of the EU Election Observation Handbook. The book is divided into eight sections and touches upon various issues related to election ...