Andrei Novashov is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Andrei Biryukov, a member of the regional election commission of Siberia's Kemerovo region, says he has discovered procedural violations in all 12 polling stations around the town of Guryevsk.
Russia has begun the new year with a spate of legislative moves specifically targeting independent media and journalists. RFE/RL's Russian Service spoke with leading media-defense lawyer Galina Arapova about what the new laws mean for the future of civil society in Russia.
