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Council of Europe membership terminated March 2022 (post-invasion of Ukraine). Elections administered by the Central Election Commission of Russia (CIK / ЦИК). Federal Law No. 67-FZ 'On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights' (2002, as amended) is the foundational statute; Venice Commission publishes the official English translation (CDL-REF(2012)008).
Russia uses a mix of paper ballots (hand-marked and counted by precinct election commissions per Federal Law 67-FZ), KOIB/KEG optical scanners (used since 2003 in selected precincts), and DEG (Дистанционное Электронное Голосование — Remote Electronic Voting) since 2020 for federal elections in Moscow and select regions. The blend varies significantly by region and election cycle.
Voting Channels
The voting channels available under current law, each verified against the cited statute.
- Election dayElection-day in personall
Voting at the polling station on election day (statutory floor: at least 10 hours).
Federal Law 67-FZ Art. 64
- EarlyEarly in personlimited
Early voting permitted in a window of up to 15 days before election day.
Federal Law 67-FZ Art. 65
- PostalPostal / mailnot available
No domestic postal voting in the ingested corpus. Note: the corpus is the 2012 Venice Commission translation and predates Russia's later remote-electronic-voting amendments.
- ProxyProxynot available
No proxy voting.
- InternetInternetnot available
Not reflected in the 2012 corpus snapshot; Russia's remote electronic voting (DEG) was introduced by later amendments not in the ingested text.
Methodology Radar
Dimension Breakdown
Primary Instruments
| Citation | Type | Title | Sections | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Law 67-FZ (Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights) | Act | RU FZ 67 | 85 | active |
Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In
Each methodology card above takes you to Russia's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.