Russian observers denied access to US presidential elections

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US presidential elections will be held without observers from Russia. The initiative to attend the elections was shown by the Russian Embassy, ​​proposing to send its diplomats to polling stations in some states, but was refused.

The request from Russia came just at the time when US officials were considering the issue of Russia's influence on the 2016 presidential race of the year. This month, the US government officially accused Russia of trying to hinder the electoral process, writes The Washington Post.

Officials in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana received requests from the Russian authorities in August of this year. All state 3 rejected them.

In these requests, the Russian Consul General in Houston asked for permission to “be present at the polling station for the purpose of studying the US experience in organizing the voting process during the presidential election.”

In Oklahoma and Texas, officials rejected requests, citing state laws, while their colleagues in Louisiana offered to come in at the next election.

“If the flood had not occurred, we would, of course, be open to such a visit, but I cannot accommodate such a request due to the current situation,” wrote the Louisiana Secretary of State and asked the Russian Consul General to contact him again in 2020. if he is still interested in such a visit."

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, came under criticism for his stance against Russia and cyber attacks. In addition, he praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and refused to recognize the expert consensus on Russia's involvement in cyber attacks and hacking.

He has also repeatedly claimed that the upcoming elections will be “rigged” and called on his supporters to gather at polling stations in “designated constituencies” to observe fraud.

The State Department said Friday that individual states, not the federal government, could decide whether to allow or not to allow Russian observers.

During the briefing, State Department spokesman John Kirby said that, despite the conviction of the US government that Russia is trying to influence the elections, this will not happen.

“We are confident in the stability, security and strength of our election process,” Kirby said. “There’s no point in hiding it.”

Moscow reaction

“If now, for political reasons, we find ourselves deprived of this, we will draw our own conclusions based on the opportunities that we have. And our American colleagues should not expect that we will simply forget this, and in the future, when they suddenly want to observe something like this here, we will not remember how they acted in this situation and what kind of unacceptable statements were voiced from high places. podium and through responsible microphones,” said Ryabkov.

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