Naryshkin: the degree of democratic elections to the Parliament doubt

The state Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin believes That the Degree of democracy coming to Ukraine's parliamentary elections is in doubt because of the civil war And a large number of immigrants, censorship, forced the dissolution of the political factions.

The " degree of democracy And free elections should take into doubt because the last few months have been disbanded faction 2 political parties, for this reason, It is a very big question in respect of fair political competition, " said Naryshkin on the first day of the weekend in an interview to Russian news agencies.

" With regard to pre-election assessment of results, and the environment in which they will be held, then, of course, skepticism is. And skepticism concerning the extent of their freedom And democracy can be explained by several significant factors: whether it is possible before the end of the elections be called free in conditions where there are significant limits on the media And freedom of expression, " said Speaker of the state Duma.

Illustration, according to him, is the fact That Russian TV channels are closed, a large group of Russian correspondents included in the so-called black lists, some correspondents have been exposed to violence, four killed.

Touching declared in Ukraine truce, he said, " as long as the truce in terms of - let's face it - the civil war. For this reason, the Degree of freedom And democratic elections in such conditions also causes quite a lot of questions ".

in addition, Naryshkin said he believes there are also many questions about the legitimacy of elections in conditions of large numbers of immigrants." As you know, About a million Citizens of Ukraine have left their birthplaces, homes, fleeing from death. About 815 thousand went to the site of the Russian Federation. And it is Clear That a large part of this amount, not physically be able to participate in the elections. This is a big issue, " said Speaker of the state Duma.

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