Brief election news
key electoral events
1551 days back
Major General Dmitry Marchenko: The FSB officers are discussing among themselves that in Kherson they are not succeeding in the scenario that was used in Crimea with the "referendum" and the "Russian world." They are already preparing for some other events. Kherson residents are very pro-Ukrainian and resist
1551 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: Collaborators at gunpoint conducted a "poll" among Melitopol residents. To their surprise, less than 10% of the people remaining in the city support the aggressor Russia. The rest openly say "No"
1551 days back
Advisor to the head of the presidential office Mikhail Podolyak in an interview with BBC: During martial law, elections in Ukraine cannot be held, so technically it turns out that the war will end under the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky
1552 days back
Gauleiter of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky signed an order to hold a "referendum" on the "reunification of the region with Russia." The document was signed within the framework of the forum "We are together with Russia", which is taking place in the occupied Melitopol - RIA Novosti
1552 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office: Every step Russia takes towards pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories should cause an increase in the supply of weapons from the West. The Kremlin is checking whether the West can "swallow" the occupation of Ukrainian territories
1552 days back
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is not going to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson region, but the local population. At the same time, from the point of view of the Kremlin, there are no prerequisites for negotiations with Ukraine.
1553 days back
The occupiers in the Zaporozhye region keep plans to hold "referendums" in September on joining the Russian Federation. The exact date is not yet known, but "will be publicly announced in the near future," said collaborator Vladimir Rogov.
1553 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "We will not give up anything of ours, and if the occupiers follow the path of these pseudo-referendums, then for themselves they will close any possibility of negotiations with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will definitely need at some point"
1554 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: "The occupiers want to hold a referendum for 7 days. They want to hold it with the help of elders who will go from house to house and interrogate residents, but accompanied by machine gunners and a police officer or the FSB"
1554 days back
The invaders continue to prepare for holding a pseudo-referendum in the occupied territory of the Kherson region. According to the regional administration, they are now facing problems with a shortage of personnel in the formation of "election commissions" - the press service of the Kherson Regional State Administration
1556 days back
The occupiers want to hold pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories in a mixed format - in person and online, "to ensure the safety of participants and give residents who left these regions the opportunity to vote." This was stated by Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimea Mikhail Sheremet
1556 days back
Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not have time to hold their pseudo-referenda before Ukraine liberates its territories. They constantly postpone the dates of their "referendums" - before it was about September 11, then reports began that pseudo-referendums would be held later
1557 days back
The date of the "referendum" on the issue of joining the occupied Kherson region to Russia will be determined within a month - appointed by the Russian Federation "deputy head of the military-civilian administration" of the region Kirill Stremousov
1561 days back
Poll KIIS: In the event of a referendum on Ukraine's accession to the EU, 81% of Ukrainians would vote "For", "Against" - 4%. In the event of a referendum on joining NATO, 71% of all respondents would vote “For” among all respondents, “against” - 7%
1568 days back
The Russian-controlled authorities of the Zaporozhye region issued a decree on the creation of an election commission to hold a referendum on the region's accession to Russia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the "head of administration" Yevgeny Balitsky
1569 days back
The separatist agency LuganskInformCenter reports that work has begun in the LPR on the formation of the composition of "observers of polling stations." It is noted that a total of 492 plots are planned in the territory controlled by the LPR.
1570 days back
Bloomberg: Putin is in a hurry to organize the so-called "referenda" until September 15th. A "referendum" is planned in all the occupied territories and where the Russian Federation manages to gain a foothold by September. First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko will be involved in the preparation
1571 days back
The representative of the occupying authorities of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov: "A referendum on the entry of the Zaporozhye region into the Russian Federation will be held, despite the hostilities."
1572 days back
Institute for the Study of War (ISW): The Kremlin will try to illegally annex the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to Russia already on September 11. However, by that time, Russian troops will not be able to capture these regions completely.
1572 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: Rashists are accelerating in matters of preparation for the referendum. They block microdistricts for entry and exit, a total census is being carried out, the number of children, real estate and everything else. Soldiers move into all vacant apartments
1575 days back
The CEC adopted a resolution stating that the preparation and holding of "referenda" in the temporarily occupied territories is inadmissible, and also called on voters not to take part in the event that such a "referendum" is held by the Russian Federation or with its assistance
1576 days back
A "public headquarters" has been created in the "LPR" to support and hold a pseudo-referendum on the entry of the "republic" into the Russian Federation - "adviser to the head of the LPR" Marina Filippova
1576 days back
Rogov, a member of the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, said that a "referendum" on the region's entry into Russia could be held in the fall, presumably in the first half of September
1579 days back
CEC to consider calling mid-term elections of people's deputies in constituencies No. 57 and No. 60 (Donetsk region) after the termination or cancellation of martial law - CEC press service
1580 days back
In the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, an agitation campaign has begun dedicated to the referendum on the entry of the LDNR into the Russian Federation. Polling stations are also being recruited - Eastern Human Rights Group
1581 days back
Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Sergei Gaidai: The so-called "LPR" wants to hold a referendum so that when we get enough weapons, the occupiers can declare that an attack is already on the lands of Russia and announce mobilization
1582 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: Holding by-elections to the Verkhovna Rada to elect people's deputies instead of Dmytro Lubinets and Vadim Novynsky will be possible only after the end of martial law in Ukraine. Therefore, for the time being we will work in the format that we have - this is 420 deputies
1583 days back
The Rada terminated the powers of People's Deputy Vadim Novinsky. For - 295 votes. Two days ago, he announced that he had decided to step down and focus on humanitarian and social work. Novinsky was elected in constituency No. 57 of the Donetsk region. Obviously, by-elections in this constituency for the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada will no longer be held. 421 people's deputies remain in the parliament
1584 days back
The head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Matvienko: "The Federation Council will consider the issue of joining the DPR and LPR to Russia, if the relevant referendums take place. Residents of the liberated Ukrainian regions will themselves decide on the status of these territories, the Russian Federation will respect their will"
1586 days back
The Russian edition of Kommersant: "Referendum" on the accession of the "LDNR" to Russia may be held in August. The Kremlin does not want to combine "referendums" with the Single Election Day on September 11, as this may give the events unnecessary significance.
1551 days back
Major General Dmitry Marchenko: The FSB officers are discussing among themselves that in Kherson they are not succeeding in the scenario that was used in Crimea with the "referendum" and the "Russian world." They are already preparing for some other events. Kherson residents are very pro-Ukrainian and resist
1551 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: Collaborators at gunpoint conducted a "poll" among Melitopol residents. To their surprise, less than 10% of the people remaining in the city support the aggressor Russia. The rest openly say "No"
1551 days back
Advisor to the head of the presidential office Mikhail Podolyak in an interview with BBC: During martial law, elections in Ukraine cannot be held, so technically it turns out that the war will end under the presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky
1552 days back
Gauleiter of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky signed an order to hold a "referendum" on the "reunification of the region with Russia." The document was signed within the framework of the forum "We are together with Russia", which is taking place in the occupied Melitopol - RIA Novosti
1552 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office: Every step Russia takes towards pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories should cause an increase in the supply of weapons from the West. The Kremlin is checking whether the West can "swallow" the occupation of Ukrainian territories
1552 days back
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is not going to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson region, but the local population. At the same time, from the point of view of the Kremlin, there are no prerequisites for negotiations with Ukraine.
1553 days back
The occupiers in the Zaporozhye region keep plans to hold "referendums" in September on joining the Russian Federation. The exact date is not yet known, but "will be publicly announced in the near future," said collaborator Vladimir Rogov.
1553 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "We will not give up anything of ours, and if the occupiers follow the path of these pseudo-referendums, then for themselves they will close any possibility of negotiations with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will definitely need at some point"
1554 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: "The occupiers want to hold a referendum for 7 days. They want to hold it with the help of elders who will go from house to house and interrogate residents, but accompanied by machine gunners and a police officer or the FSB"
1554 days back
The invaders continue to prepare for holding a pseudo-referendum in the occupied territory of the Kherson region. According to the regional administration, they are now facing problems with a shortage of personnel in the formation of "election commissions" - the press service of the Kherson Regional State Administration
1556 days back
The occupiers want to hold pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories in a mixed format - in person and online, "to ensure the safety of participants and give residents who left these regions the opportunity to vote." This was stated by Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimea Mikhail Sheremet
1556 days back
Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not have time to hold their pseudo-referenda before Ukraine liberates its territories. They constantly postpone the dates of their "referendums" - before it was about September 11, then reports began that pseudo-referendums would be held later
1557 days back
The date of the "referendum" on the issue of joining the occupied Kherson region to Russia will be determined within a month - appointed by the Russian Federation "deputy head of the military-civilian administration" of the region Kirill Stremousov
1561 days back
Poll KIIS: In the event of a referendum on Ukraine's accession to the EU, 81% of Ukrainians would vote "For", "Against" - 4%. In the event of a referendum on joining NATO, 71% of all respondents would vote “For” among all respondents, “against” - 7%
1568 days back
The Russian-controlled authorities of the Zaporozhye region issued a decree on the creation of an election commission to hold a referendum on the region's accession to Russia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the "head of administration" Yevgeny Balitsky
1569 days back
The separatist agency LuganskInformCenter reports that work has begun in the LPR on the formation of the composition of "observers of polling stations." It is noted that a total of 492 plots are planned in the territory controlled by the LPR.
1570 days back
Bloomberg: Putin is in a hurry to organize the so-called "referenda" until September 15th. A "referendum" is planned in all the occupied territories and where the Russian Federation manages to gain a foothold by September. First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko will be involved in the preparation
1571 days back
The representative of the occupying authorities of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov: "A referendum on the entry of the Zaporozhye region into the Russian Federation will be held, despite the hostilities."
1572 days back
Institute for the Study of War (ISW): The Kremlin will try to illegally annex the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to Russia already on September 11. However, by that time, Russian troops will not be able to capture these regions completely.
1572 days back
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov: Rashists are accelerating in matters of preparation for the referendum. They block microdistricts for entry and exit, a total census is being carried out, the number of children, real estate and everything else. Soldiers move into all vacant apartments
1575 days back
The CEC adopted a resolution stating that the preparation and holding of "referenda" in the temporarily occupied territories is inadmissible, and also called on voters not to take part in the event that such a "referendum" is held by the Russian Federation or with its assistance
1576 days back
A "public headquarters" has been created in the "LPR" to support and hold a pseudo-referendum on the entry of the "republic" into the Russian Federation - "adviser to the head of the LPR" Marina Filippova
1576 days back
Rogov, a member of the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, said that a "referendum" on the region's entry into Russia could be held in the fall, presumably in the first half of September
1579 days back
CEC to consider calling mid-term elections of people's deputies in constituencies No. 57 and No. 60 (Donetsk region) after the termination or cancellation of martial law - CEC press service
1580 days back
In the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, an agitation campaign has begun dedicated to the referendum on the entry of the LDNR into the Russian Federation. Polling stations are also being recruited - Eastern Human Rights Group
1581 days back
Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Sergei Gaidai: The so-called "LPR" wants to hold a referendum so that when we get enough weapons, the occupiers can declare that an attack is already on the lands of Russia and announce mobilization
1582 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: Holding by-elections to the Verkhovna Rada to elect people's deputies instead of Dmytro Lubinets and Vadim Novynsky will be possible only after the end of martial law in Ukraine. Therefore, for the time being we will work in the format that we have - this is 420 deputies
1583 days back
The Rada terminated the powers of People's Deputy Vadim Novinsky. For - 295 votes. Two days ago, he announced that he had decided to step down and focus on humanitarian and social work. Novinsky was elected in constituency No. 57 of the Donetsk region. Obviously, by-elections in this constituency for the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada will no longer be held. 421 people's deputies remain in the parliament
1584 days back
The head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Matvienko: "The Federation Council will consider the issue of joining the DPR and LPR to Russia, if the relevant referendums take place. Residents of the liberated Ukrainian regions will themselves decide on the status of these territories, the Russian Federation will respect their will"
1586 days back
The Russian edition of Kommersant: "Referendum" on the accession of the "LDNR" to Russia may be held in August. The Kremlin does not want to combine "referendums" with the Single Election Day on September 11, as this may give the events unnecessary significance.
