Golos (election monitor)

Golos
Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights Golos
Formation
  • 2000 (2000) ("GOLOS" Association)
  • 2013 (2013) ("Golos" Movement)[1]
Legal statusMovement
PurposeElection monitoring
Location
Coordinates55°46′21.5″N 37°40′20″E / 55.772639°N 37.67222°E / 55.772639; 37.67222
FieldElections in Russia
Key people
  • Grigory Melkonyants (co-chair)
  • Stanislav Andreychuk (co-chair)
  • Roman Udot (co-chair)[2]
Award(s)Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award (2012)
Websitewww.golosinfo.org/en Edit this at Wikidata

The Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights "Golos" (Russian: ГОЛОС, lit.'vote; voice'), formerly GOLOS Association,[3] is a Russian organisation established in 2000 to protect the electoral rights of citizens and to foster civil society. As of 2008, the organisation covers 40 Russian regions. It is the only election watchdog active in Russia that is independent of the Russian government.[4]

  1. ^ "Russia names Golos monitor as 'foreign agent' ahead of election". BBC News. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "About us". Golos. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ The GOLOS Association's web site(in Russian), English articles.
  4. ^ Kremlin accused of silencing Russia's independent election watchdog, Telegraph, retrieved 1/12/2011

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