PoliticsDiplomat: OSCE/ODIHR not invited to monitor State Duma elections
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will not monitor Russia’s September State Duma elections because it has established itself as a hypocritical organization applying double standards. She said Russia invited other international organizations, OSCE countries and individual observers, while ruling out dialogue with the West amid what she called rampant Russophobia.
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Diplomat: OSCE/ODIHR not invited to monitor State Duma elections