Eurasia This Week – May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Each day, 21votes gathers election and political news from a different region of the world. We explore Eurasia on Thursdays. Click the map pins.

Kazakhstan Snap Presidential - June 9, 2019

RFE/RL: “Another Kazakh Opposition Activist Gets Draft Notice Ahead Of Presidential Election”

Ukraine Snap Parliamentary (following presidential elections earlier this year) - July 21, 2019

Wall Street Journal: “New Ukraine Leader Calls Snap Election: President advances parliamentary vote in move that could bolster his agenda”

Georgia Municipal By-Elections - May 19, 2019

Civil.ge: “Preliminary results show the Georgian Dream candidates winning the mayoral race in all five municipalities across Georgia, including in Zugdidi, where Sandra Roelofs of the United Opposition was competing against GD’s Giorgi Shengelia.”

Moldova Parliamentary - February 24, 2019 (snap re-run possible as no party has been able to form a government)

Balkan Insight: “President Igor Dodon said on Wednesday that MPs have two weeks to establish a governing majority and get parliament functioning again or he will call for early elections.”

Mitchell A. Orenstein and Ecaterina Locoman, Washignton Post’s Monkey Cage: “How the Kremlin upset Moldova’s election”

Upcoming Elections
Kazakhstan Snap Presidential – June 9, 2019
RFE/RL: “Another Kazakh Opposition Activist Gets Draft Notice Ahead Of Presidential Election”

Ukraine Snap Parliamentary (following presidential elections earlier this year) – July 21, 2019
Wall Street Journal: “New Ukraine Leader Calls Snap Election: President advances parliamentary vote in move that could bolster his agenda”

Past Elections
Georgia Municipal By-Elections – May 19, 2019
Civil.ge: “Preliminary results show the Georgian Dream candidates winning the mayoral race in all five municipalities across Georgia, including in Zugdidi, where Sandra Roelofs of the United Opposition was competing against GD’s Giorgi Shengelia.”

Moldova Parliamentary – February 24, 2019 (snap re-run possible as no party has been able to form a government)
Balkan Insight: “President Igor Dodon said on Wednesday that MPs have two weeks to establish a governing majority and get parliament functioning again or he will call for early elections.”

Mitchell A. Orenstein and Ecaterina Locoman, Washignton Post’s Monkey Cage: “How the Kremlin upset Moldova’s election”

 

Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) building in Kyiv.
Photo credit: Wikimedia/ВАДИМ ЧУПРИНА

 

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