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Electoral Campaigns in Times of Lockdown: Post-Soviet Experiences

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  • Victoria Leukavets
  • Andrey Makarychev
  • Giorgi Beridze

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This article aims to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon electoral campaigns in a fragile democracy (Georgia) and two illiberal polities (Belarus and Russia). It covers the period of time from March to December 2020, focusing on several critical junctures in each country: for Belarus, the 9 August 2020 presidential elections; for Russia, the 1 July ‘people's vote’ and the cycle of regional elections in September 2020; and for Georgia, the 31 October 2020 parliamentary elections. The article argues that COVID-19 did not diminish citizens’ demands for fundamental norms of electoral democracy and policy transparency; in fact, it increased political mobilisation within all three countries.

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  • Victoria Leukavets & Andrey Makarychev & Giorgi Beridze, 2023. "Electoral Campaigns in Times of Lockdown: Post-Soviet Experiences," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 75(4), pages 545-563, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:75:y:2023:i:4:p:545-563
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2022.2159015
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