Russia will not send observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine, according to the explanatory notes of the Department of information and press of the foreign Ministry. The CEC denied OSCE / ODIHR accreditation 24 citizens of Russia from the mission of the Office for observation. The foreign Ministry this decision called illegitimate. in the capital of Russia took a decision not to expose observers to the threat of deliberate persecution. Presidential elections will be held in Ukraine on 31 March. <span style="color:darkgray