October 3, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Eurasia, usually posted on Thursdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Ekrem Canli (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Upcoming Eurasia Elections
Kazakhstan Referendum on Nuclear Power Plant: October 6, 2024
RFE/RL (October 2, 2024): Kazakh Activists Jailed Ahead Of Nuclear-Power Referendum
Moldova Presidential Election and Referendum on Joining the EU: October 20, 2024
Carnegie Endowment (September 30, 2024): Moldovan Elections to Spotlight Decline of Support for Russia
Iulian Ernst, bne IntelliNews (September 30, 2024): Pro-Russian politicians step up propaganda efforts ahead of Moldova’s EU accession referendum
Gabriel Gavin, Politico (September 27, 2024): Moldova accuses Russia of trying to rig its EU referendum
Georgia Parliamentary Elections: October 26, 2024
Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet (October 2, 2024): Georgia prepares for an all-against-one election
Ian Kelly and David J. Kramer, The Hill (September 29, 2024): To save Georgian democracy, Biden should sanction the country’s oligarchs
Khrystyna Bondarieva, Ukrainska Pravda (September 28, 2024): Georgian Prime Minister refuses to stop using war in Ukraine in election campaign
Felix Light, Reuters (September 27, 2024): What’s at stake in Georgia’s October election?
Katie Shoshiashvili, Euractiv (September 27, 2024): Kremlin’s influence looms over Georgian Dream in the October elections
Boris Grozovski, Wilson Center (September 26, 2024): Russia’s Top-Down Capture of Georgia
Uzbekistan Parliamentary and Local Elections: October 27, 2024
Under Islam Karimov, who ruled Uzbekistan from independence until his death in 2016, Uzbekistan was a brutal dictatorship. His successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has branded himself as a reformer. However, Freedom House notes: “While reforms adopted since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took office in 2016 have led to improvements on some issues, Uzbekistan remains an authoritarian state with few signs of democratization. No opposition parties operate legally.”
Martin Banks, Modern Diplomacy (September 27, 2024): Uzbekistan: Over 1,000 independent observers will provide crucial oversight of election
Senator Sodiq Safoyev, Euractiv (September 26, 2024): Uzbekistan’s upcoming parliamentary election is a battle of ideologies amid reforms
Elections On Deck
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Posted: October 3, 2024 by 21votes
October 3, 2024
A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in Eurasia, usually posted on Thursdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.
Upcoming Eurasia Elections
Kazakhstan Referendum on Nuclear Power Plant: October 6, 2024
RFE/RL (October 2, 2024): Kazakh Activists Jailed Ahead Of Nuclear-Power Referendum
Moldova Presidential Election and Referendum on Joining the EU: October 20, 2024
Carnegie Endowment (September 30, 2024): Moldovan Elections to Spotlight Decline of Support for Russia
Iulian Ernst, bne IntelliNews (September 30, 2024): Pro-Russian politicians step up propaganda efforts ahead of Moldova’s EU accession referendum
Gabriel Gavin, Politico (September 27, 2024): Moldova accuses Russia of trying to rig its EU referendum
Georgia Parliamentary Elections: October 26, 2024
Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet (October 2, 2024): Georgia prepares for an all-against-one election
Ian Kelly and David J. Kramer, The Hill (September 29, 2024): To save Georgian democracy, Biden should sanction the country’s oligarchs
Khrystyna Bondarieva, Ukrainska Pravda (September 28, 2024): Georgian Prime Minister refuses to stop using war in Ukraine in election campaign
Felix Light, Reuters (September 27, 2024): What’s at stake in Georgia’s October election?
Katie Shoshiashvili, Euractiv (September 27, 2024): Kremlin’s influence looms over Georgian Dream in the October elections
Boris Grozovski, Wilson Center (September 26, 2024): Russia’s Top-Down Capture of Georgia
Uzbekistan Parliamentary and Local Elections: October 27, 2024
Under Islam Karimov, who ruled Uzbekistan from independence until his death in 2016, Uzbekistan was a brutal dictatorship. His successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has branded himself as a reformer. However, Freedom House notes: “While reforms adopted since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took office in 2016 have led to improvements on some issues, Uzbekistan remains an authoritarian state with few signs of democratization. No opposition parties operate legally.”
Martin Banks, Modern Diplomacy (September 27, 2024): Uzbekistan: Over 1,000 independent observers will provide crucial oversight of election
Senator Sodiq Safoyev, Euractiv (September 26, 2024): Uzbekistan’s upcoming parliamentary election is a battle of ideologies amid reforms
Elections On Deck
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