Russian election

Cyber retaliation by Ukraine’s HUR paralyzes Russian election servers — NV sources

In response to illegal elections held in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, cyber specialists from Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency launched a large-scale attack on the digital infrastructure of Russia’s Central Election Commission on Sept. 14, 2025 — the so-called “single voting day.”

15 September, 01:14 PM

Report: Only 6.6% of the world lives under full democracy

Democracy worldwide is in its worst state in over 20 years, according to the latest Democracy Index published by The Economist on Feb. 27.

27 February, 01:35 PM

Zelenskyy: Putin to remain in power until death, peace talks futile

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will remain in power until his death, and that he will be "taken out of the Kremlin only feet first," the Ukrainian leader told Reuters on May 21.

22 May 2024, 11:10 AM

List of EU countries to attend Putin’s ‘inauguration’ revealed

Representatives of six European Union member states will attend “inauguration” of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Radio Liberty, citing its own sources, reported on May 7.

7 May 2024, 12:30 PM

Montenegrin official attends Russian presidential election as observer, sees no controversy

Boban Radović, Secretary General of the Free Montenegro party and a member of the Podgorica City Council, traveled to Russia to the so-called presidential election as an "international observer", the leader of the Free Montenegro party, Vladislav Dajković, told the Pobjeda portal on March 16.

16 March 2024, 08:45 PM

Russia prints presidential ‘election’ ballots in Transnistria — MD deputy PM

Russia illegally printed ballots for voting in an unrecognized region of Transnistria ahead of the Russian presidential "elections" scheduled for March 15-17, Oleg Serebrian, Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister said, a European news website Euractiv reported on March 14.

14 March 2024, 04:36 PM

Putin’s perfect plan: Ukraine should seize Russian lands to swap for Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory

Ukraine should simply annex Russian border lands and attempt to swap them for occupied Ukrainian territory, political expert Taras Zahorodniy told NV, agreeing with an idea put forward by Russian dictator Vladmir Putin.

14 March 2024, 03:05 PM

Kremlin orders fabrication of 75% support for Putin in occupied Ukrainian territories in upcoming ‘elections’

Kremlin-appointed heads of the occupied Ukrainian territories have been tasked with fabricating 75% support for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the upcoming sham presidential “elections,” Defense Ministry Main Intelligence Directorate spokesman Vadym Skybytskyi said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on March 13.

14 March 2024, 01:45 PM

Russian partisans use tanks to move on Russian border towns in the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts

Three units comprised of Russian citizens—the Legion of Free Russia, the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), and the Siberian Battalion—crossed the border in tanks into Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk oblasts on March 12, kicking off ‘Operation Freedom’ to "liberate RF (the Russian Federation – ed.) from dictatorship," NV reports.

12 March 2024, 01:20 PM

Russian freedom fighters start an armed revolt in Russia’s Belogorod and Kursk oblasts

Fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, and the Siberian Battalion have kicked off a joint operation and have moved into Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, former Russian MP and opposition activist Ilya Ponomarev reported on Facebook on March 12.

12 March 2024, 12:35 PM

Voting under occupation: How Russia's election unfolds in Donetsk and Luhansk

Early voting ahead of “Russia's presidential election” has commenced in parts of Ukraine currently under Russian occupation, the U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on March 10.

11 March 2024, 11:35 AM

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