August 22, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Eurasia, usually posted on Thursdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

A public park in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region. Sudzha is one of the towns currently under Ukrainian control following Ukraine’s August 2024 counteroffensive. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Cusik (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Upcoming Eurasia Elections

Azerbaijan Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 1, 2024

Arzu Geybullayeva, Global Voices (August 21, 2024): Expectations ahead of parliamentary election in Azerbaijan are grim: Interview with an independent candidate

Daily Sabah (August 20, 2024): Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership

AFP (August 18, 2024): Russian president Vladimir Putin begins state visit to Azerbaijan amid Ukrainian offensive

Russia, Regional and Gubernatorial Elections in Some Regions (including Saint Petersburg): September 8, 2024

RFE/RL (August 21, 2024): Russia Postpones Local Elections In Districts Under Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Control

Moldova Presidential Election and Referendum on Joining the EU: October 20, 2024

International Crisis Group (August 21, 2024): Moldova Divided: Easing Tensions as Russia Meddles and Elections Approach

IPN Press Agency (August 21, 2024): Olaf Scholz in Chisinau: Germany stands firmly with Moldova

Georgia Parliamentary Elections: October 26, 2024

OC Media (August 22, 2024): Ivanishvili mocked for delivering campaign speech from ‘armoured aquarium’

Gabriel Gavin, Politico (August 21, 2024): Georgia on path to Putinism, opposition leader says as ruling party threatens total ban

Nate Stiller, Kyiv Independent (August 21, 2024): Georgia’s ruling party to seek constitutional ban of chief opposition party

Mikheil Saakashvili, Wall Street Journal (August 15, 2024): A ‘Prisoner of Putin’ Writes From Captivity

Belarus Presidential Election: Due in 2025

Beth Van Schaack and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, The Hill (August 16, 2024): Justice for Belarus

Yuras Karmanau, AP (August 16, 2024): Belarus’ authoritarian leader pardons 30 out of some 1,400 political prisoners