CIS-EMO

Commonwealth of the Independent States - Elections Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO) is registered in Russia in September 2003 as international non-government organization. Basic proclaimed purpose of organization — assistance to retention and to the development of the institute of selections on the post-Soviet space.

 

Debatable club «The Commonwealth»

It is a necessity to studying the problems of democratic process for new foreshortenings, with application of new methods of research. Debatable club "The Commonwealth" in which frameworks there is a discussion and development of practical recommendations about the most significant problems of democratic process has been with that end in view created.

Informational bureau

The Informational bureau has been created as a project of the Centre. The Bureau aimed to timely illumination the most significant aspects of the democratic processes in the world. The Bureau conducts active cooperation with leading Russian information agencies, and also a number of foreign medias.

Within Informational bureau is monitoring Russian and foreign media, illuminating opinions of leading experts and analyze of current political events. 

Center's news

Igor Kaminnyk: Kyrgyzstan: nostalgia for the Soviet Union

Center's news, Constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan 2010, 02.09.2010

Igor Kaminnyk: Kyrgyzstan: nostalgia for the Soviet Union

On August 14, 2010 an event in Bishkek took place, at a first glance being solely internal affair of the country. In the Opera and Ballet Theater the I Congress of Union SSR (USSR) Party was carried out [transl. note: SSR stands for Russian “Svoboda (freedom), Spravedlivost’ (justices), Rodina (motherland)”]. The Congress of the "Union "Freedom. Justice. Motherland" hosted 800 delegates from 48 rayons of 9 regions of Kyrgyzstan.

The country has experienced a second revolution already within a short period of time, it was accompanied by inter-ethnic clashes in Osh and Jalal-Abad regions, as well as unrest in various parts of the country. And now the interim government that received power from the hands of the people who overthrew the regime of Bakiyev, holds parliamentary elections in the republic on October 10, 2010 for establishing a legitimate government and the parliament. These elections, in fact, are crucial for the peoples inhabiting the country. The main question is: which of the political forces will enter the parliament and will form the government. Depending on that – there will be a certain way for the country defined as well as whether it’s going to overcome the systemic crisis threatening to territorial integrity of this former Soviet republic.

Geopolitics in Republican Italy - A limited sovereignty Country

Center's news, 02.08.2010

Geopolitics in Republican Italy - A limited sovereignty Country

In spite of its propitious geographical position and the peculiar morphology of its land, nowadays Italy does not have an own geopolitical doctrine.

This is a consequence of three distinct reasons: a) the involvement of Italy within the sphere of influence of the USA (the so-called western system); b) the profound crisis of the national identity; c) the scanty geopolitical culture of its managers.

As for the first point, it not only limits the sovereignty of the Italian state in several fields, from the army to the foreign affairs, only to name the most important ones having relation with the geopolitical aspects, but it also affects Italy’s domestic policy and economy, the strategic decisions in the matters of energy, the technological research, the realization of large scale infrastructures, and, last but not least, it restricts the political measures against the criminal associations. Up to now the Italian Republic has been following the golden rule of the “collaborative or lame realism”, that is to say that it has given up the responsibility to be in charge of its own destiny (1).

Tiberio Graziani: Russia keystone of the multipolar system

Center's news, 10.06.2010

Tiberio Graziani: Russia keystone of the multipolar system

The new multipolar system is being consolidated. The main actors are the US, China, India and Russia. While the European Union is completely absent and in hiding in the framework of indications-diktats coming from Washington and London, some South American countries, particularly Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay, are showing their steady willingness to actively participate in the construction of the new world order. Russia, with its central position in the Euro-Asian land mass, its vast size and its current orientation stamped on foreign policy by the Putin-Medvedev tandem, will probably be the keystone in the new planetary structure. But to achieve this epochal function, it must overcome some internal problems: first of all, those regarding the demographic question and the modernization of the country, while on the international level it must consolidate relations with China and India and establish strategic agreements with Turkey and Japan as soon as possible.  Above all, it must clarify its position in the Near and Middle East.

The deputy of the European Parliament Alexander Mirsky has accused Europe of cowardly silence

Center's news, Informational bureau, 11.05.2010

The deputy of the European Parliament Alexander Mirsky has accused Europe of cowardly silence

On May, 5th at the plenary session of the European Parliament which were passing last week in Bruxelles, the deputy of the European Parliament Alexander Mirsky has acted, we result the full text of speech:

"On May, 8th Europe celebrates a victory over nazism, but, colleagues, at me for you unpleasant news!

On March, 16th this year in Latvia, from the silent consent of the authorities, veterans of Vaffen-Ss walked about across Riga with flags and celebrated day of the basis of the Latvian legion. 20 years we, opposition, can do nothing with it! Heads of the European states pretend that occurs nothing. The Latvian retaliatory battalions СС have destroyed 130 villages and have killed more than 150 000 inhabitants of Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Russia. But today them remember in Latvia as heroes. Timid silence in the countries of the European Union is a crime against millions people which were lost during the Second World War."

CIS-EMO considers possibility of participation in monitoring of elections in Venezuela

Center's news, 24.04.2010

CIS-EMO considers possibility of participation in monitoring of elections in Venezuela

CIS-EMO considers possibility of participation in monitoring of parliamentary elections of Venezuela – National assembly which will take place on September, 26th, 2010.

In Venezuela struggle of political parties has already begun, inviting the members and supporters to register in the register of voters, tactics which was accepted by the majority of the organisations of various directions and currents.

According to National selective council, registered 17 million 601 thousand 440 citizens, from 18 million 845 thousand 119 possible voters, by estimations of National institute of statistics.

From January, 25th till April, 30th on all country are opened more than two thousand registration centres for specification of the data and updating of lists before parliamentary elections on September, 26th where 165 deputies of National assembly will be named.

CIS-EMO will direct missions of observers to Poland, Kirghizia, Czechia and Slovakia

Center's news, 24.04.2010

CIS-EMO will direct missions of observers to Poland, Kirghizia, Czechia and Slovakia

Commonwealth of the Independent States - Election Monitoring Organization CIS-EMO will send missions of the international observers on presidential election in Poland which will pass on June, 20th, and also on the Constitutional referendum in Kirghizia on June, 27th. Besides it, missions of the international observers will be directed on parliamentary elections in Slovakia and Czech Republic in June 2010.

Human rights

According to the national and international rules of law, all people equal possibilities to satisfy the basic needs providing development of the person and its high-grade participation in a life of a society are given.
Human rights reflect the minimum set of the vital blessings in grazhdansko-political and social and economic spheres. The most standard is the list of the rights fixed in the main remedial document of the United Nations — Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Local self-government

The local government is independent (under the responsibility and at own expense) population activity under the decision of local problems directly, or through created authorities. It is a way of practical and daily participation in a local life, possibility of our participation in the decision of local problems, that is and our participation local government. It is a way of realisation by the people of the power, proceeding from interests of local population and taking into account historical traditions.

Democratic process

One of kinds of political process is democratisation which involves the increasing attention from outside both western, and the Russian researchers. It is connected by that last decades are characterised by falling of authoritative modes and attempt of the statement of democratic institutes in many states of the world.
Well known researcher S. Hantington characterises this process as the third wave of the democratisation which has captured the big group of the countries. Characterising this process as a world democratic revolution, he notices that to the beginning of 90th years democracy is considered as unique legitimate and viable alternative to an authoritative mode of any type.

Civil society

The civil society is one of phenomena of the modern world, a certain ideal to which the individuals, democracies conceiving by categories, leaderships of the law, the rights and freedom of the person and the citizen aspire. The civil society represents association of people for satisfaction of the requirements out of the state.
It is possible to consider as institutes of a civil society all not state organisations: political parties, trade unions, public неправительственые the organisations, to a press etc. Certainly, it does not concern a totalitarian society where all mentioned institutes have the state character, and the civil society is changed by the state. The civil society co-operates with the state. It also forms the natural base of democracy without which last is simply impossible or inefficient.