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Google caves in to Russian demands, censors videos promoting a protest rally · Global Voices

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One day before a major rally against an unpopular pension reform was planned in Russia, Google informed the rally organizers, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, that it was taking down their YouTube videos promoting the rally, citing violation of Russia’s laws.

Russia’s administrative code imposes a “day of silence” on the day before an election, and all political campaigning is prohibited. The rally coincides with mayoral elections in Moscow on Sunday, September 9, as well as polling in other regions. Ads for several videos promoting the rallies in the 80 Russian cities where they were scheduled to take place were rejected, and the videos themselves were taken down by YouTube.

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Boichenko becomes mayor of Mariupol
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Independent candidate Vadym Boichenko has been elected mayor of Mariupol, Secretary of Mariupol City Council Andriy Feday reported.

“The results of the election of the mayor of Mariupol have been announced. Congratulations to Boichenko, the head of the city of Mariupol,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

He also reported the outcome of the election to Mariupol City Council. “The opposition bloc received 45 seats, the People’s Power party five seats, the Nash Kray four seats,” Feday said.

Boichenko « indépendant », mais le Bloc d’opposition a plus de 70% des voix et 45 élus sur 54 au conseil municipal. Il est par ailleurs directeur de Ilyich Steel and Iron Works de Marioupol, appartenant au groupe de Rinat Akhmetov.

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Results show Yanukovych allies, oligarchs staying alive
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Five days after the Oct. 25 municipal elections, and with the vote count continuing at a snail’s pace, some results of the landmark poll are gradually becoming clear.

The election showed that the parties now in power have lost ground, while opposition forces, including members of the pre-EuroMaidan Revolution political elite, are slowly regaining their positions.

As of Oct. 29, four days after the vote, only 30 percent of a total of 158,399 local council deputies had been officially declared elected. While the count is slowest for regional councils, the vote tallies in mayoral elections were also unrushed ­– only 3,796 mayors of cities and villages had been officially declared elected as this paper went to print, with the results of another 10,051 mayoral races still to be announced.

And for some cities the elections are still not over: 35 cities in Ukraine have over 90,000 voters, which means there will be a run-off if no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote. Just how many of these second-round votes will have to be held is as yet unknown.

Une semaine après le vote, le dépouillement des scrutins suit son cours d’escargot…

Incumbent Odesa Mayor Trukhanov declared winner in Oct. 25 mayoral election
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The Odesa city elections commission has declared incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov the winner in the mayoral elections, even though Odesa regional administration chief Mikheil Saakashvili had suggested earlier that Trukhanov and his main rival should run in the second round.

The city elections commission head announced on Oct. 27 evening that Trukhanov had garnered nearly 139,000 votes, or 52.9 percent of all those who cast their ballots in the elections, so securing his victory in the first round.

Oleksandr Borovyk (Sasha Borovyk), an adviser to the Odesa regional administration head, came in second with 66,500 votes, or 25.7 percent of the vote. Former Odesa Mayor Eduard Hurvits came in third, having garnered 22,500 votes, or 8.5 percent of the vote.

H. Trukhanov était membre du Parti des Régions de Ianoukovytch.

Potatoes for votes : Kiev tastes democracy | The Times
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Gangsters and grenades proved decisive factors in Odessa’s mayoral elections yesterday, with violence, misuse of government resources and voter fraud a recurring theme during key regional polls.
Observers reported candidates from all the main parties offering sacks of potatoes and sugar in exchange for votes, and electoral commissions refusing to register candidatess.
The elections are viewed as a crucial test for Ukraine’s post-revolutionary government. City and regional councils control a huge amount of the country’s resources through licensing and registration, and are notoriously corrupt.

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Pegida makes first gains in Dresden election

Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement took nearly 10 percent of the vote in mayoral elections in its eastern stronghold of Dresden Sunday, a better-than-expected result for a group whose weekly demonstrations have steadily dwindled.

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#Ankara opposition to contest ruling party’s razor thin victory
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Turkey’s secular main opposition party said Tuesday it would contest a narrow poll win in Ankara mayoral elections claimed by the Islamic-rooted party of Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing “irregularities.” The Turkish capital was a key battleground and symbolic prize in Sunday’s #municipal_elections, in which Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored sweeping victories nationwide despite a corruption scandal and recent street protests. read more

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