Kremlin has not received PARNAS address on pre-election situation in Novosibirsk region - Peskov
MOSCOW. July 29 (Interfax) - The Kremlin has not received an address from the PARNAS party containing complaints about the situation concerning the refusal to register a list of candidates in the elections in the Novosibirsk region.
"No, I don't know of such an address. Unfortunately, people often tell the media they have made an address to the Kremlin and they only make an address some time later, or even forget to do it," Russian presidential press officer Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Representatives of the party earlier said they had asked the Kremlin to intervene in the situation concerning the refusal to register a list of candidates from PARNAS in the elections in the Novosibirsk region.
At the same time, Peskov said he knows from the mass media about complaints about the refusal to register the list. "I have indeed read in the mass media a statement by those whose request was declined, but I currently don't know the story of those who declined it. We need to take both viewpoints into account. No doubt, the theory of those who declined presents interest because it has to be substantiated somehow," Peskov said.
Peskov said it is wrong to evaluate this decision as "normal or not, the main thing is to determine whether it is legal or not."
"If those whose request was declined talk about the wrong databases, we should at least get information on whether it is true or not, whether the database is outdated," Peskov said.
Responding to a question as to whether the Kremlin, specifically, the domestic policy department, will request the relevant information, he said: "Elections should take place as openly as possible in accordance with our legislation, which envisages the organization of such elections. No doubt, I will ask my colleagues whether the information saying that the databases are outdated was verified."
Peskov also denied the statement of opposition activist Alexei Navalny saying that there is a political request to bar the opposition from elections.
"It's absolutely not the case. We are talking about the need to take actions envisaged by the law. Everything is clearly stated there," Peskov said.
