If you’ve been grumbling about Russia’s elections, spare a thought for those poor unfortunate souls in the democractic wasteland that is Turkmenistan. For they have apparently re-elected Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov as their President with a spectacular 97% of the vote, based on a 96% turnout. The result is a dramatic improvement on Berdimuhamedov’s performance in the [...]
Moscow Protests: For now or the future?
Protests took place in Moscow on Monday as people unhappy at United Russia’s manipulation of Sunday’s Russian Duma election took to the streets. Numbers are difficult to judge, but it appears that around 5-6,000 people protested earlier in the day, breaking off into a smaller group of around 1,000 that then went on to Triumfalnaya [...]
Post-Soviet Elections Roundup
While everyone’s focus is on the Russian Duma elections (due in December 2011) and the Russian Presidential election (due in March 2012), I thought it might be interesting to take a look at some of the other election news from around the former Soviet Union. From what I can tell, there are elections taking place, [...]
Russia’s Presidential Election – the Candidates
The four men vying to be Russia’s next President – Putin’s Poodle, the Neo-Communist, Mad Vlad, and the liberal Masonic Grandmaster who likes to blog.
US Presidential candidates on Russia
What the top US Presidential candidates really think of Russia and Putin, from the sensible to the downright stupid.
Unify or die – the stark choice facing Russia’s liberals
Yabloko and SPS performed so poorly in the recent Duma elections that both are on the verge of extinction. They face a stark choice of merging, or dying.