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The GOLOS Association (Cyrillic: ГОЛОС, meaning "vote" or "voice")〔(The GOLOS Association's web site ), (English articles ).〕 is a Russian organisation established in 2000 to protect the electoral rights of citizens and to foster civil society. As of 2008, the organisation covers 40 Russian regions. It is the only election watchdog active in Russia that is independent of the Russian government.〔(''Kremlin accused of silencing Russia's independent election watchdog'' ), Telegraph, retrieved 1/12/2011〕 The organisation is in part funded by the United States government through the National Endowment for Democracy and is thereby considered a foreign agent according to Russian law. From 26 June 2013, the organisation was suspended for six months by the Russian Justice Ministry for failing to abide by this law. ==Activities== Since 2002 GOLOS has monitored elections and referendums of all levels. In the March 2008 presidential election and accompanying local elections, GOLOS representatives found many irregularities, including the following.〔(STATEMENT # 3 OF GOLOS ASSOCIATION ON THE RESULTS OF SHORT-TERM MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 2, 2008 ), The GOLOS Association, Moscow, March 3, 2008〕 * incomplete combined protocols, as in 50% of polling stations in Ufa, Kostroma and Kursk; * failure of electoral commissions to prevent voters from reusing their absentee ballots in Veliky Novgorod, Tomsk, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa; * casting ballots by some voters on behalf of other people in Krasnodar, Vladimir, Kostroma; * presence of government officials other than members of electoral commissions in Omsk, Adygea, Barnaul, Yekaterinburg, Yoshkar-Ola, Perm, Pskov. The group publishes a newspaper ''Grazhdansky Golos'' (Civil Voice). The Telegraph describes Golos as being "one of the few organisations able to catalogue and publicise (Kremlin's ) attempts at fraud and intimidation".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GOLOS Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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