Source: HRO.org (info), 27/03/12 

· Electoral rights  · Astrakhan region 

The Presidential Council on Civil Society & Human Rights has called on all branches of government, the Central Elections Commission and the General Prosecutor’s Office to sort out the situation that has arisen in Astrakhan as a result of the mayoral elections. 

Voting took place on 4 March and was accompanied, according to members of the opposition, by mass electoral fraud that significantly distorted the election results. [Read more]