Golos (election monitor)

Golos
Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights Golos
Formation	2000 ("GOLOS" Association); 2013 ("Golos" Movement);
Legal status	Movement
Purpose	Election monitoring
Location	Moscow, Russia;
Coordinates	55°46′21.5″N 37°40′20″E / 55.772639°N 37.67222°E
Field	Elections in Russia
Key people	Grigory Melkonyants (co-chair); Stanislav Andreychuk (co-chair); Roman Udot (co-chair);
Award(s)	Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award (2012)
Website	www.golosinfo.org/en

The Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights "Golos" (Russian: ГОЛОС, lit. 'vote; voice'), formerly GOLOS Association, 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.

Movement for Defence of Voters' Rights Golos

Formation	2000 (2000) ("GOLOS" Association) 2013 (2013) ("Golos" Movement)
Legal status	Movement
Purpose	Election monitoring
Location	Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°46′21.5″N 37°40′20″E / 55.772639°N 37.67222°E / 55.772639; 37.67222
Field	Elections in Russia
Key people	Grigory Melkonyants (co-chair) Stanislav Andreychuk (co-chair) Roman Udot (co-chair)
Award(s)	Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award (2012)
Website	www.golosinfo.org/en