Chairman of the State Duma: The US should learn from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan how to hold elections
Viacheslav Volodin expressed such opinion in the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
said that members of the State Duma had recently
visited Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and observed the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan and the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan within the framework
of the CSTO PA and the IPA CIS.
He stressed that those elections had been held in accordance with the national legislation of these countries and were competitive and transparent.
“The United States of America should learn from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan,” said Viacheslav Volodin, recalling that there is still an archaic system of elections in the USA without international observers.
