On Russia: Over the past week the group over at The Monkey Cage have provided some good coverage of voting in Russia.  Most of the posts focus on the widespread claims of fraud that are emerging.  Basically, for anyone concerned about promoting free and fair elections across the globe they are a must read:

https://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/03/05/russia-2012-presidential-election-post-election-report/

https://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/03/06/more-on-2012-russian-presidential-elections-and-post-election-protests/

https://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/03/07/webcams-and-polling-stations-evidence-from-azerbaijan/

On Russia: The group over at The Monkey Cage have provided some good coverage of voting in Russia