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Russian nationals will not be able to cast votes at March 18 presidential polls in Ukraine

Russian nationals will be denied access to Russian diplomatic missions in Ukraine on Sunday, the presidential election day in Russia, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Friday, TASS reports.

Russian nationals will not be able to cast votes at March 18 presidential polls in Ukraine

Russian nationals will not be able to cast votes at March 18 presidential polls in Ukraine

STEPANAKERT, MARCh 17, ARTSAKHPRESS:"The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has passed a decision on the impossibility of organizing elections that violate Ukraine’s laws on the territory of diplomatic mission in Ukraine," he wrote on his Facebook account. "The Ukrainian Interior Ministry informs that security arrangements at Russian diplomatic missions in Ukraine, namely in Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa and Lvov, on Sunday, March 18, will not imply access to these facilities for Russian citizens wanting to cast their votes at the election."
The ministry said that elections "on the sovereign Ukrainian territory" are inadmissible. "Taking into account public protests in Ukrainian society, Russia’s disregard of the Ukrainian side’s legal demands and in a bid to avoid provocations and possible serious consequences, National Police and National Guard will be used to ensure proper securing arrangements at all diplomatic missions and institutions and adjacent territories in line with the Vienna Convention," Avakov stressed.
Russian lawmakers will raise the issue of Ukraine’s not letting Russian nationals take part in the upcoming presidential elections at international parliamentary organizations, including the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, a senior Russian lawmaker told TASS on Friday.


     

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