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Russia: Fake ‘Crowd Sourced’ Election Monitoring Portal Launched by the Ruling Party

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Elections, Human Rights, Politics, Technology, RuNet Echo

Gazeta.ru writes [1] [ru] about government-sponsored NGOs that help simulate legitimacy of the election process. Among others authors mention ktonarushil.ru, a fake crowdsourcing monitoring portal launched by “United Russia” party. Not only it remindsĀ kartanarusheniy.ru [an authentic monitoring website run by independent election monitor “Golos.org”] but it also doesn't allow to file an election violation complaint against the “United Russia” party.