Election Monitoring in Russia: Current Trends and the Role of Human Rights Ombudspersons

Abstract

The article examines the evolution of election monitoring in Russia. There are trends in the widespread introduction of video surveillance, the development of public surveillance, the activation and expansion of the role of human rights commissioners in election monitoring, and interaction between ombudsmen, election authorities, and civil society institutions. The positive impact of these processes on ensuring the electoral rights of citizens, transparency and legitimacy of elections is noted. The importance of improving election monitoring tools and methods is emphasized in connection with of remote electronic voting, which opens up new opportunities and at the same time creates problems in terms of public monitoring.