Panorama.am

19:32 07/02/2008

OSCE REFUSES TO SEND OBSERVERES TO RUSSIAN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

The reply to the main intrigue around the presidential
elections in Russia was given today: OSCE refused to
send observers to watch the election there. OSCE
swiftly reacted to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov’s statement by which Lavrov assessed the
request by OSCE/ODIHR as a `final note’ and said that
Russia cannot accept that.

Not only ODIHR observers but also OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly delegation refused to leave for Russia. The
assembly was present during the parliamentary
elections in Russia.

Glep Pavlovski, a political scientist close to
Kremlin, announced that this is a start of a program
to announce the elections as not legitimate.

Source: Panorama.am