. The presidential election campaign in Ukraine is a violation of generally accepted democratic norms, the legitimacy of the election in question, said Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in interview to the Bulgarian newspaper " Trud ". According to Medvedev, the ban on Russian observers to monitor the elections in Ukraine speaks about the fact that the authorities in Kiev has something to hide." This is a serious violation of Ukraine's own international commitments. Is extremely rare in practice, " revealed the Premier. The head of government added that due to the hard And dirty election campaign in Ukraine in the capital of Russia until you don't see anyone in Kiev is possible in the future to engage in dialogue." But either way, we will respect the choice of our neighbors, the choice of the Ukrainians. And we are open to dialogue with the new leadership, if it is interested in it ", - noticed Medvedev. Russia, According to the Prime Minister, wants to improve relations with Ukraine, And this requires steps towards each other, but because of the behavior of Kiev is difficult to make predictions about the possibility of change in the relations between pairs of countries. Speaking about the closure under the false pretext of Ukrainian polling stations in Russia, Medvedev called such a move an infringement of electoral rights of citizens of Ukraine. He said that in Russia live And work around three million Ukrainians, who now lost the opportunity to vote. Presidential elections will be held in Ukraine on 31 March. As the head of the country claimed 44 candidates, and among them the acting Head of the country Poroshenko, and comedian Vladimir Zelensky And the leader of "Batkivshchyna" Yulia Tymoshenko. The Central election Commission of Ukraine has closed all five polling stations abroad, which were established on a permanent basis in the Russian Federation. In addition, the Verkhovna Rada had adopted a law prohibiting representatives of Russia to work as observers at the presidential elections in Ukraine. The OSCE said that the non-admission of Russian monitors unprecedented And contrary to the obligations of all States-participants of OSCE. <span style="color:darkgray