VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (Lithuania), rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Political Affairs and Security, hosted a discussion Wednesday with experts, parliamentarians and civil society from Belarus alongside the Ministerial Council in Vilnius. This meeting provided parliamentarians the chance to meet face to face with Belarusian opposition and gain first-hand knowledge about the political,

VILNIUS, 7 December 2011 – Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (Lithuania), rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Political Affairs and Security, hosted a discussion Wednesday with experts, parliamentarians and civil society from Belarus alongside the Ministerial Council in Vilnius. This meeting provided parliamentarians the chance to meet face to face with Belarusian opposition and gain first-hand knowledge about the political,

BBC 5 December 2011 Международные наблюдатели ОБСЕ и ПАСЕ вслед за своими российскими коллегами сообщили о множестве нарушений на выборах в Госдуму, включая вбросы бюллетеней и вмешательство властей в ход голосования. "Сами выборы отмечены вмешательством органов власти", - заявил на пресс-конференции в Москве в понедельник президент ПАСЕ Петрос Эфтимиу, возглавлявший объединенную группу европейских наблюдателей. По его словам, "был целый ряд

BBC 5 December 2011 Международные наблюдатели ОБСЕ и ПАСЕ вслед за своими российскими коллегами сообщили о множестве нарушений на выборах в Госдуму, включая вбросы бюллетеней и вмешательство властей в ход голосования. "Сами выборы отмечены вмешательством органов власти", - заявил на пресс-конференции в Москве в понедельник президент ПАСЕ Петрос Эфтимиу, возглавлявший объединенную группу европейских наблюдателей. По его словам, "был целый ряд

OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term observer mission, talks with an election official at a local polling station in Moscow, 4 December 2011. MOSCOW, 5 December 2011 – Despite the lack of a level playing field during the Russian State Duma elections, voters took advantage of their right to express their choice, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today. The observers noted

OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou, Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term observer mission, talks with an election official at a local polling station in Moscow, 4 December 2011. MOSCOW, 5 December 2011 – Despite the lack of a level playing field during the Russian State Duma elections, voters took advantage of their right to express their choice, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today. The observers noted