16 Aug 2016 12:18

CIS observation mission to State Duma elections not to include Ukrainian representatives

MOSCOW. Aug 16 (Interfax) - Ukraine will not be represented in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) observation mission to the elections to the Russian State Duma, the mission's head Vladimir Garkun said.

"They [the mission's representatives] are now starting their work. There are some 200 monitors from the CIS in general. [Russian Central Election Commission head] Ella Alexandrovna [Pamfilova] said that there [would be electoral observers] from all states, but I will say precisely that Ukraine will not be among them," Garkun told reporters on Tuesday.