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09/15/2021 | Press release | Archived content

IPA CIS Observers Met With Leadership of Electoral Commission of Leningrad Region

On 14 September 2021, within the framework of the long-term monitoring of the elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, international observers and experts of the International Institute for Monitoring Democracy Development, Parliamentarianism and Suffrage Protection of Citizens of IPA CIS Member Nations (IPA CIS IIMDD) held a meeting with the leadership of the Election Commission of the Leningrad Region.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - Plenipotentiary Representative of the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic AidynJafarov, Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - Plenipotentiary Representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia HaykChilingaryan, Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - Plenipotentiary Representative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus ViktorKogut, Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - Plenipotentiary Representative of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan BakhtovarSafarzoda, Deputy Director of the "Center of Cooperation with CIS" of the Herzen State Pedagogical University StanislavEpifantsev Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council - IPA CIS IIMDD Director IvanMushket and Head of the Analytical Department RomanAmburtsev. The Election Commission of the Leningrad Region was represented by Chair MikhailLebedinsky, his Deputy EvgenyZhdanov and Voting Member VyacheslavBaev.

MikhailLebedinsky informed the observers in detail about the course of the election campaign in the region. He described the procedure for collecting signatures of voters through the portal of state and municipal services of the Russian Federation, as well as the organization of video surveillance at polling stations. The Chair also touched upon the issue of processing of complaints and appeals and disputes resolution, foreign interference in the electoral process and measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.