# Diplomat: OSCE/ODIHR not invited to monitor State Duma elections

https://mins.news/en/item/34464

- TASS, 2026-08-27 13:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178459

> 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.