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Against the EU – Kremlin for the elections in Russia

The absence of international observers on parliamentary elections in Russia as well as the “climate of intimidation” that prevailed during their conduct, the European Union.

Asked about the elections in Russia, during the standard press briefing, the representative of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Peter Stano, said that the EU observed an atmosphere of intimidation, against all independent critical voices, and that the elections were held without “credible” international observers.

According to the APE BPE, Peter Stano expressed the dissatisfaction that Russia has prevented the development of independent international observers.

He added that there were indications from reports by local independent observers during the elections. oppression to opposition politicians, in Organisations of civil society, in activists human rights, in independent media and to journalists.

“It simply came to our notice then restriction “He also limited the ability of the Russian people to obtain complete and accurate information about the candidate and to make an informed choice during these elections,” he said.

Finally, the representative of the Commission stressed that the EU will never recognize the election in the illegally attached Crimea. “This runs counter to the spirit and goals of the Minsk agreement and we urge Russia to refrain from actions that run counter to the commitments made under this agreement,” he said.

Berlin: Suspicions of fraud need to be clarified

Suspicions of “mass irregularities” during Russia’s parliamentary elections must be “taken seriously” and “clarified”, the Germany.

“There are accusations by election observers, members of the Russian opposition, that they are talking about mass irregularities as well. must be taken seriously“, Said during a regular press conference the representative of the German government Stephen Seibert, lamenting that there were no international “election observers” in this election, which was won by the ruling United Russia party.

“They are not official yet final results“Germany is concerned about the ‘loss of political diversity’ in the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, due to ‘growing pressure on the opposition and civil society’ in Russia,” Seibert told AFP.

“The allegations must be taken seriously and they must also be be clarified“, Said the representative of the German government.

Peshkov: The elections are transparent, competitive and intact

The Russian president, however, appreciated positively parliamentary elections, considering that they were transparent, competitive and intact, as stated by the representative of the Russian president Dmitry Peshkov.

“For the Russian president, without a doubt, the main thing was and remains the competitiveness, transparency and integrity of the elections that took place. In this context, of course, we are very positive about the election process, “said the Kremlin spokesman, according to TASS.

Commenting on the results of other parties at the request of journalists, Peshkov said: “Indeed, the communist party improved its percentage. “There are new parties, which have also done quite well.” Peshkov added that in this way the voters in the elections express their preferences: “Nevertheless, we see that the main preference of the voters is the ‘United Russia“, the ruling party”.

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