Despite the ban on Kyiv, dozens of Russians were included in the list of OSCE observers
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) included 24 Russian citizens in the mission of short-term observers at the presidential elections in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Bureau press secretary Thomas Reimer reported this to the Interfax agency today.
“ODIHR has just sent to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine a list of names proposed by OSCE States to participate as short-term observers in the ODIHR observation mission of the presidential elections in Ukraine. The list includes the names of 24 people proposed by the Russian Federation as observers,” said Reimer.
Let us recall that on February 7, the Verkhovna Rada legally prohibited citizens of the Russian Federation from being official observers in presidential, parliamentary or local elections, both personally and as part of international organizations. The OSCE criticized this step, declaring its intention to act in accordance with the procedures established by the organization.
Earlier, the State Department's special representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, also stated the need to allow Russian observers to participate in the elections.
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