Russia slams OSCE over election monitors
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Europe's main security organization Friday of playing political games in the dispute over election monitors.
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Russia recalled its ambassador, announced the evacuation of its diplomats and complained to the United Nations on Thursday after Georgia detained five Russian officers on spying charges, bringing relations between the ex-Soviet neighbors to a new low.
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Â· OSCE says restrictions prevent it doing its jobÂ· Russia accuses observers of double standards
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Europe's main election watchdog says it will boycott Russia's presidential election on 2 March.
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Russia has invited only 400 international monitors to observe the key presidential election in March, the country's election chief said Monday Â half the number that participated four years ago.
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An international election monitoring organization said Thursday that it will not observe Russia's presidential election next month because of the "severe restrictions" imposed by the Kremlin.
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LONDON/MOSCOW  - Britain accused Russia of "conduct not worthy of a great country" on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.
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European election observers cited severe restrictions imposed on their work by the Russian government.
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MOSCOW, Feb. 7 -- Russia's relations with international bodies that monitor democratic norms and human rights soured further Thursday when Europe's leading election watchdog organization confirmed that it would not monitor the upcoming presidential vote, citing "severe restrictions" on its planned...
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Russia said on Friday the Council of  Europe would send observers to monitor a March presidential  election that Europe's main vote watchdog has already declined  to attend, accusing Moscow of unreasonable restrictions.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry poured scorn on a U.S. court's conviction of one of its U.N. diplomats for money laundering, saying on Thursday it had grave doubts about the trial.
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MOSCOW - After sharply cutting the number of of Western observers permitted to view polling places and drawing criticism from the United States, the Kremlin warned foreigners yesterday not to interfere in Russia's parliamentary elections.
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Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov should be barred from Russia's presidential election, officials said on Thursday, a move likely to fuel criticism that authorities brook little real opposition.
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TBILISI -- Four Russian military officers were arrested on spying charges yesterday, and police surrounded a Russian military headquarters here demanding that a fifth Russian officer be handed over to authorities. The operation sparked a furious reaction from Russia, which demanded the officers' release, accusing its southern neighbor of ``a fresh outrage."
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Russia's Foreign Ministry accused  Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to  sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential  election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is  expected to win.
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The United States on Thursday criticized Russian proposals that would curtail the activities of international election monitors.
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Foreign monitors accuse Uzbekistan of holding a presidential election without any genuine choice.