It may feel like a whole year has passed and everyone is already sick of hearing about the harm caused by illicit enrichment, but in fact the #Twenty campaign has been running for exactly two months. I announced it on September 25 in this post.
We are close to completing the first stage: formally submitting the bill as an initiative backed by 100,000 Russian citizens. We just need one final push and the last 15,000 votes.
Thanks to our survey, we identified the main opportunity for gathering votes: people who have already voted can bring in their friends and acquaintances. The 20+1 campaign we launched has produced very solid results—thank you to everyone who took part, and to those who still are.
The same survey points to a second opportunity: 25% of those who have not voted tell us, "I don’t have an account on Gosuslugi (Russia’s government services portal), and getting the password is too complicated." So now we want to focus on explaining that a Gosuslugi account is actually extremely useful. It not only gives you access to voting on the Russian Public Initiative platform, but is generally helpful in many ways.
That really is true. You should definitely register there whether or not you plan to vote—voting is just a small bonus.
We made a special flyer about what the Gosuslugi website can do for you (yes, we’ve ended up advertising the state), so take a look yourself and show it to your friends who fall into that 25%.
We constantly get messages asking how to register there, how to get a SNILS (Russian pension insurance number), what that even is, and how to recover a password. I wrote instructions on this before, but I’ve decided to post them again.
Here is a guide on how to register.
Here is a guide to getting a SNILS.
And here is a reminder of how to recover a forgotten password.
A REMINDER: YOU DO NOT NEED A SNILS TO RECOVER YOUR PASSWORD. A PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS IS ENOUGH.
Of course, it’s clear that instructions alone cannot solve every problem. If you simply cannot manage to register, you can write to us here. We will respond promptly to all your questions.
If you feel that a written reply is not enough, you can call our hotline: +7 (499) 346-11-78. There are two lines, and you will be assisted by staff from ACF (the Anti-Corruption Foundation). The hotline operates from November 25 to 28, from 12:00 to 21:00 Moscow time.
But that’s not all. We are ready to help you create a Gosuslugi account, then practically take you by the hand to Rostelecom (a major Russian telecom provider), and then show you what to do with the activation code.
We invite you to fill out this form:
If enough people sign up by Thursday, we will organize an in-person Gosuslugi registration event for a few hours on Saturday. Foundation staff and volunteers on site will help you register, go with you to Rostelecom, and show you everything. It’s best to bring your own laptop, but if you do not have a computer, that’s not a problem—we will find one for you.
We call on members of the Progress Party and activists in other cities to join this effort. If people sign up in your cities, let’s organize locally and help those who want to register in exactly the same way. Fill out the same form, indicate that you want to help, and we will contact you and help set up the process.
And after everyone has registered on Gosuslugi, let’s all vote together on the Russian Public Initiative platform for the criminalization of illicit enrichment.
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