The ODIHR mission is planned to be invited to observe the elections to the State Duma

Such initiative was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy at a meeting with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Matteo Mecacci
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The State Duma building
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“As the head of the delegation, I reaffirmed the readiness to invite the ODIHR mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September,” said Petr Tolstoy Tolstoy Petr Olegovich Tolstoy
Petr Olegovich .

He said that, at the meeting, together with the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy Slutsky Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich and the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov, they explained to the members of the foreign delegation the electoral legislation of the Russian Federation, and also emphasized the need to non-politicize and observe objectively the electoral processes in Russia.

“The newly elected ODIHR Director assured the Russian delegation of the impartiality and objectivity of the Bureau's activities, and expressed readiness for mutual cooperation with the State Duma,” stressed Petr Tolstoy.