August 29, 2024

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

The Abanotubani area of Tbilisi, Georgia, home of sulphuric baths. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Mostafameraji (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Eurasia Elections

Azerbaijan Snap Parliamentary Elections: September 1, 2024

OC Media (August 23, 2024): Azerbaijan reportedly detains second OC Media contributor as new crackdown intensifies

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

Catalina Mihai, Euractiv (August 26, 2024): Moldovan oligarchs with ties to Moscow undermine country’s EU integration process

Georgia Parliamentary Elections: October 26, 2024

Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet (August 27, 2024): Incumbents touting desire to turn Georgia into a one-party state: Ruling party leaders see upcoming parliamentary vote as the “Nuremburg Trials” of Georgia’s democratic system

OC Media (August 23, 2024): Georgian Dream names opposition parties they intend to ban

BNN (August 22, 2024): Georgia is on road to Putinism, opposition leader says, as ruling party threatens to dissolve it

Belarus Presidential Election: Due in 2025

Vitali Matyshau, New Eastern Europe (August 23, 2024): Belarus’s political prisoner dilemma

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