Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)

20 Dec 2011 in 13:34

Putin registers as first candidate for president

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has become the first Russian candidate registered for the presidential polls of March 4, 2012.

18 Dec 2011 in 19:47

Russian parliamentary parties' leaders to run for president

The leaders of all political parties represented in the Russian parliament are going to run for president in 2012

17 Dec 2011 in 16:55

Communist leader Zyuganov promises new Duma polls if elected president

Russia’s communist leader Gennady Zyuganov has promised to re-run this month’s disputed parliamentary elections if elected president, RIA Novosti reports.

10 Dec 2011 in 13:10

Final poll tally announced on Friday

Yesterday, the Central Electoral Commission announced the final results of the parliamentary elections and its members signed a protocol confirming the legitimacy of the polls, despite the fact that the elections were marred by allegations of widespread electoral fraud in favor of United Russia

8 Dec 2011 in 12:34

Russian parliamentary elections: legitimate results or fraud?

Election results becomes subject of fierce discussion

8 Dec 2011 in 12:32

Results of parliamentary polls: what next?

United Russia is almost the only guarantor of investors’ rights – Dmitry Orlov.

5 Dec 2011 in 14:11

Elections split Russia by votes, such a division may get worse in the future - expert

The latest parliamentary polls show that Russia has split by type of votes. There are national republics, where the United Russia Party dominates, excluding Chuvashia and Komi, there are villages where the party has good support and there are cities where the United Russia Party loses to opposition, Yevgeny Minchenko, Director of the International Institute of Political Expertise, told Vestnik Kavkaza.

5 Dec 2011 in 10:49

90% of protocols processed: UR - 49.72%, CPRF - 19.15%, AJR - 13.16%, LDPR - 11.67%

The Russian Central Electoral Commission processed 93.27% of protocols by 8 am. United Russia received 49.72% of the votes, followed by the CPRF with 19.15%, A Just Russia - 13.16%, Yabloko - 3.21%, Patriots of Russia - 0.96%, Right Cause - 0.59%. A party needs 7% of the votes to enter the parliament. Parties with 5-7% will get 1 or 2 seats in the lower chamber.

1 Nov 2011 in 13:39

Putin leads rating of top politicians

The Agency for Political and Economic Communications has composed a rating of the leading Russian politicians. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is the top politician (9.76), followed by President Dmitry Medvedev (8.21).

28 Oct 2011 in 14:58

Parties involved in parliamentary polls get numbers for polling sheets

The Central Electoral Commission has given numbers to political parties involved in the parliamentary polls.

19 Oct 2011 in 10:53

LDPR ranks have swollen

Sergey Zhigaryev deals with the ethnic tension issue ahead of the Duma elections

18 Oct 2011 in 12:08

Medvedev registers for parliamentary polls

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived to the Central Electoral Commission and registered as candidate for parliament of the United Russia Party.

29 Sep 2011 in 10:44

Karachay-Cherkessia in elections to the State Duma

Karachay-Cherkessia has always had intriguing relations with the parliament of Russia

23 Sep 2011 in 18:21

Russia's State Duma votes against banning Turkey vacations

The Russian State Duma has not supported a proposed ban on package holidays to Turkey, RIA Novosti reports.The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia proposed banning package holidays to Turkey over a number of cases of deaths of Russian tourists in Turkey at the end of June. The LDPR also proposed to develop and publish an official list of foreign countries, indicating the degree of their potential danger to Russian tourists.

7 Sep 2011 in 15:32

Russian electoral debates to be broadcast live

Russian parliamentary electoral debates will be broadcasted live,Minister for Communication Igor Shegolev said at the “government hour”today, RIA Novosti reports.

1 May 2011 in 12:30

Russians celebrate Spring and Labor Day

On May 1st Russians celebrate the national holiday "Spring and Labor Day", with trade unions and political parties set to hold rallies across the country

14 Mar 2011 in 21:33

Central Election Committee calls Dagestan elections 'calm'

Members of the Russian Central Election Committee, Vasily Volkov and Siyabshakh Shapiev, together with the Chairman of the Election Committee of Dagestan Magomed Dibirov have announced the preliminary results of parliamentary polls in the republic, Yuga.ru reports.As reported previously by VK, elections to the People's Assembly of Dagestan were held yesterday.