- 18:26 08/12/2007
The Russian Central Election Commission declared the December 2 parliamentary polls valid and confirmed the official results on Saturday. 
- 20:12 06/12/2007
With all the votes counted following Sunday's parliamentary election, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has 64.30%, the Central Election Commission said on Thursday
- 19:49 05/12/2007
Russia should invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the upcoming presidential election, a top EU official said on Wednesday.
- 20:24 04/12/2007
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Tuesday that Russia had failed to meet press freedom commitments during the recent parliamentary election campaign.
- 18:05 04/12/2007
- 13:55 04/12/2007
Russia's top election official said the United Russia party, the winner of Sunday's parliamentary polls, will have 315 seats in the 450-legislature.
- 09:44 04/12/2007
Russia's Foreign Ministry has dismissed as ungrounded a statement by top international observers that the country's parliamentary elections failed to meet European standards.
- 19:31 03/12/2007
Britain and France voiced concerns on Monday about violations during the weekend's parliamentary polls in Russia reported by international monitors and urged they should be investigated.
- 18:55 03/12/2007
- 18:34 03/12/2007
Britain's main suspect in the November 2006 murder of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko has said he does not need parliamentary immunity to avoid extradition to the U.K.
- 16:22 03/12/2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the weekend's parliamentary elections were a demonstration of confidence in his rule.
- 14:35 03/12/2007
Top international observers said on Monday that elections to Russia's lower house had failed to meet European standards.
- 13:37 03/12/2007
The leader of Russia's Communist Party has said that Sunday's parliamentary polls that handed pro-Kremlin United Russia an overwhelming victory had been rigged "in 20 different ways".
- 09:05 03/12/2007
With more than half of the vote counted in Russia's Chechen Republic, the ruling United Russia party leads the polls with over 99%, the head of the republic's election commission said on Monday.
- 08:25 03/12/2007
President Putin's United Russia party has received 63.3% of the vote in Sunday's election to the State Duma, Russia's lower house, with 85% of the vote counted, the Central Election Commission announced.
- 02:30 03/12/2007
With over 47% of votes counted, President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has garnered an overwhelming 63.2% in Sunday's parliamentary polls, the Central Election Commission announced.
- 16:16 02/12/2007
Russia is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, the fifth in its post-Soviet history, which are expected to cement the pro-Kremlin party's position for the next four years.
- 14:33 02/12/2007
International observers monitoring the elections to the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, said on Sunday they registered no serious violations during the voting.
- 13:09 02/12/2007
Russia is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, the fifth in its post-Soviet history, which are expected to cement the pro-Kremlin party's position for the next four years.
- 10:00 02/12/2007
Russia is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, the fifth in its post-Soviet history, which are expected to cement the pro-Kremlin party's position for the next four years.
- 14:02 30/11/2007
Friday is last day of campaigning in Russia before the December 2 elections for the State Duma, the country's lower house of parliament.
- 16:45 29/11/2007
- 14:09 29/11/2007
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday he supported the incumbent Russian president but disliked the ruling party whose ballot Vladimir Putin is leading in parliamentary elections.
- 13:54 29/11/2007
President Vladimir Putin called on the country's electorate on Thursday to vote for the United Russia party at the December 2 parliamentary elections.
- 20:35 26/11/2007
The U.S. State Department has denied being behind a refusal by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's election monitoring body to attend Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections.
- 16:02 26/11/2007
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the refusal of the OSCE's election monitoring body to dispatch observers to Russia's parliamentary elections was made on recommendations from the U.S.
- 12:26 24/11/2007
The Appeals Chamber of Russia's Supreme Court has rejected the demand by a Russian opposition party that the president be denied the right to run in next month's parliamentary vote.
- 21:14 23/11/2007
Over 200 international observers have received accreditation for the Russian parliamentary elections due December 2, the chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission said Friday.
- 16:44 21/11/2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that victory for the ruling United Russia party in December 2 parliamentary elections was crucial for the country's further development.
- 17:51 20/11/2007
- 21:45 19/11/2007
- 14:16 19/11/2007
Russia has increased by 75 the number of international monitors invited to attend the December 2 parliamentary elections, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
- 16:15 17/11/2007
The Bush administration has supported the decision by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to cancel plans to observe the December 2 parliamentary elections in Russia.
- 22:18 16/11/2007
The chairman-in-office of the OSCE said on Friday an agreement must be reached between Russian authorities and the election watchdog over the monitoring of Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections.
- 12:46 15/11/2007
Almost 96,000 polling stations have been set up in Russia for the December 2 elections to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, the Central Election Commission said on Thursday.
- 16:49 14/11/2007
- 15:12 07/11/2007
- 16:36 06/11/2007
- 13:04 03/11/2007
An official election campaign in printed media, on radio and television starts in Russia Sunday, 28 days before the parliamentary elections set for December 2, an election official said.
- 22:24 31/10/2007
- 17:17 28/10/2007
Eleven parties will run for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, on December 2, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Sunday.
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