ABSTRACT
When the Soviet Union broke up, a Third wave of democracy development spread to all former Soviet republics. In the early post-Cold War period, there were attempts by the most all-encompassing organization, the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), to take responsibility for the democratization process in Central and East Europe by setting the standards. And since all CEE (Central and East Europe) states were members, the strength of the developed arguments was evident. In the last half-decade, there have been two contrary general developments with respect to elections in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) region. A useful standard for electoral democracy upon which to lean in judgments about specific countries is the use of election observation handbooks. In the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) terminology, election observation is one of the most transparent and methodical ways to promote and encourage democracy and human rights, covering all the elements necessary for democratic electoral process.
