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EU Condemns Pre-Election Intimidation, Borrell to Meet Lavrov at UNGA

RUSSIA
  • EU denounced on Monday what it said was a climate of intimidation in the run up to Russia's parliamentary vote and complained of a lack of independent election observers
  • Opposition parties have claimed mass fraud, and EU foreign Affairs Spox Stano told a press briefing that Brussels is concerned by reports from local observers.
  • "We have number of reports from independent local observers that were reporting a lot of irregularities during these elections."
  • EU foreign policy chief Borrell is expected to meet Russian FM Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this week - AFP
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