Invitation to Round Table
Russian Duma Election 2016: Insights
for Action
Hosted by MEP Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA) and MEP Rebecca Harms (Greens/EFA)
R.S.V.P. by 5 April: [email protected]
Ahead of Russian Duma Election 2016 the organisations Golos, IESC, EPDE and Silc are
together launching a new initiative -presenting the results of their long-term election
monitoring in Russia on the international level.
They aim at presenting as widely as possible the facts about the course of the Russian Duma
election campaign: illegal campaigning, violations related to election campaign financing, new
obstacles to the opposition candidate registration, restrictions of observers' and journalists'
rights and other violations.
The first presentation on the long-term election monitoring results will be held on 7 April
at 15.00 in the European Parliament.
Time: Thursday, 7 April at 15.00-18.00
Place: The European Parliament, ASP 1G3
AGENDA
Welcome and opening
MEP Rebecca Harms (Co-president, GreensEFA) and MEP Heidi Hautala (Co-Chair of the
Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, GreensEFA)
Opening remarks - Relations with Russia
MEP Knut Fleckenstein (Vice-president, S&D)
MEP Othmar Karas (Co-chair of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, EPP)
Panel:
Analysis of financing of political parties and electoral campaign
Stanislav Andreichuk, Golos Movement
Media monitoring: methodology and results for February-March 2016
Viktor Vakhshtain, independent analyst
Barriers in the Russian electoral legislation
Arkadiy Liubarev, independent analyst
Legislative challenges for observation on E-day
Grigory Melkonyants, Golos Movement
Opportunities for distance observation
Lilia Shibanova, Golos Movement
Possibilities of electoral statistics based on official data
Roman Udot, Golos Movement
Comments
MEP Peter Eriksson (GreensEFA) (TBC)
Discussion
Closing remarks
MEP Heidi Hautala and MEP Rebecca Harms
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Golos is the most respected voters’ rights and election observation organization in Russia
today. Established in year 2000 the organization now has citizen observers in nearly all regions
in Russia, and has well-developed IT technologies for reporting in and communicating election
fraud to the Russian public. www.golosinfo.org
European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) is a network organization assisting
citizens’ election observation in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and in the Russian
Federation, and aiming to contribute to democratic election processes throughout
Europe. www.epde.org
International Elections Study Center (IESC) is a non-profit organisation aiming at promotion
of the non-partisan evaluation of the electoral process, study and dissemination of the best
practices in election administration, legislation and rules based on international
standards. www.iesc.lt
Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC) is a liberal foundation that promotes the values
of democracy and human rights.www.silc.se