GOLOS is a Russian election monitoring NGO founded in 2000 that observed over 8 national campaigns and trained over 25,000 observers. It documented election violations across Russia but faced increasing crackdowns from authorities beginning in 2011 as it brought attention to fraudulent activities. By 2014, GOLOS had been fined and had its branches suspended, and observers were expelled from polling places and deemed "foreign agents", limiting its ability to monitor elections as violations increased.

1. GOLOS means “vote”

2. Scotland’s Referendum

3. “Election Fraud in Scotland”
the link to the video on Youtube

4. Elections à la russe
Click to view a video clip on ballot box stuffing

5. He was an electoral observer in Russia

6. Here Comes
GOLOS
• Founded in 2000
• 8 national wide campaign observed
• About 25000 observers trained
• 40 branches in key regions of the Russian Federation
(before the crackdown)

7. Being at the Centre

8. The Map of Violations

9. Freedom of Speech

10. Striking coincidence

11. Striking coincidence

12. … and resemblance

13. The authorities were right
• Dec 2nd 2011, the case against GOLOS’s Map
of Violations
• Dec 4th 2011, the Parliamentary Elections
• Dec 5th 2011, the first rally in Moscow for fair
elections
• Series of rallies, marches etc. for fair elections
(the biggest public protests since the fall of
the Soviet Union, BBC)

14. The Crackdown
• 6th May 2012
video
To be continued?

15. Empire strikes back
• July 13th 2012 – the amendments approved
• Nov 2012 – the law came into force
• April 2013 – Association GOLOS fined
• Summer 2013 – Association is suspended
• Sept 2013 – Central branch (RG) suspended
• Sept 8th 2013 – elections are observed as
Movement
• Movement observes all year round
• March 16th 2014 – Crimean referendum

16. The Crimean “referendum”

17. Electoral problems of the Kremlin
• Levada data

18. The Crackdown (continued)
• Summer 2014 – expulsion of GOLOS’
representatives (foreign agents)
• Sept 14th 2014 - United Election Day, mass
falsifications, mass expulsion from PEC
• Nov 24th 2014 – amendment against foreign
agents on PECs
• Jan 2014 – bill on undesired entities

19. 2014
Андрей
Скороход
Violence against observers

20. 2014
Андрей
Скороход
http://echo.msk.ru/blog/roman_udot/1402970-echo/

21. 2014
Андрей
Скороход
Что касается того конкретного случая (Путин)

22. Санкт-Петербург 14.09.14
Александра
Крыленкова
Драка с пилой (YouTube)

23. Балашиха 26.04.15
Саморазоблачение
преступницы

24. 2015
Станислав
Поздняков

25. 2015
Станислав
Поздняков

26. To be continued?

27. Searches 07.07.15

28. Official courses against GOLOS
To be continued?
September
2015