“Unfortunately, the Russian authorities insisted on limiting the number of observers we send in the absence of any clear restrictions related to the pandemic, as a result of which our step today has become inevitable,” explained the director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) OSCE Matteo Mecacci.
It is noted that the ODIHR and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly were invited to the Russian Federation to observe the elections to the State Duma, but later the number of observers from the two institutions was limited to 50 and 10 people, respectively.
“In support of such restrictions, the Russian authorities referred to the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation. At the same time, there are currently no restrictions on entry or rules for conducting business and movement within the country that could impede the deployment of a full-scale election observation mission,” stressed in the OSCE.
The organization recalled that the OSCE has been making a “transparent and authoritative assessment of the elections” in the Russian Federation since 1993.
Elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation are to be held on September 19 this year, it says on the official website of the legislative body of Russia.
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation allowed to vote online in the elections to the State Duma residents of ORDLO… The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the world not recognize Russian elections in the occupied Donbas.
The European Parliament proposed not to recognize the results of elections to the State Duma of Russiaif they are “held in violation of democratic principles and international law.”
450 deputies are elected to the State Duma: 225 deputies – in single-mandate electoral districts (one district – one deputy) and 225 deputies – from political parties (in a federal electoral district in proportion to the number of votes cast for federal lists of candidates).
–
– .
