Ukraine accused the OSCE of playing along with “scenarios of creeping legitimization of the theft of Crimea”
The OSCE and Ukraine exchanged statements regarding the denial of Russian observers to the presidential elections, which will take place in Ukraine on March 31. Thus, the head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ingibjörg Gísladóttir, wrote an appeal to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, noting that the ban on Russian observers visiting elections is contrary to the rules of the organization. “The decision to deny accreditation to citizens of one...