MOSCOW, 16 Sep. There was no complete unanimity in the European Parliament on the report on the elections in Russia, some of the MEPs can «collect the remnants of common sense,» said Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Vladimir Chizhov. «The voting results indicate that complete unanimity in support of this opus, even among MEP Of course, 494 votes «for» is a confident majority, but nevertheless 103 «against» and 72 still abstained. on the air of the TV channel «Russia 24».
Volodin commented on the report of the European Parliament on the elections to the State Duma «As for the meaning of the resolution, like all the previous ones, it is a recommendatory document … I would not exaggerate the importance of the current paperwork of European deputies … I believe that there can be no two opinions. They themselves They write not only about how bad the current government in Russia is, but also how the government should look like, which the MEPs will like … and what is needed, in particular, without wasting time to change Russian legislation and expand the opportunities for the opposition to participate, «Chizhov said. , noting that the EP does not even hide the fact that the report is an attempt to influence Russian politics. The European Parliament at its plenary session on Thursday approved a «tough» report on EU relations with Russia proposed by former Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius. This voluminous document proposes to call on the EU to expand sanctions against Russia, to think about strengthening the European defense potential to «contain» the Russian Federation, to develop a strategy to reduce the EU's dependence on Russian energy resources and metal supplies as much as possible, and also to prepare for non-recognition of the results of the parliamentary elections in Russia in the event that «if they are recognized as dishonest and conducted in violation of democratic principles.» Voting in the Duma and other elections will be held this year from 17 to 19 September. The State Duma is elected for a five-year term under a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected from party lists, another 225 — from single-mandate constituencies in one round.
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