EU Plans to Reject Russia's Election Results, Moscow Says
Russia's foreign intelligence service claims that the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and the European Parliament plan to reject the results of Russia's upcoming parliamentary elections, citing alleged gross violations. Russian officials downplay the significance of such potential non-recognition.
Consensus
- The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PAEC) and the European Parliament are preparing to issue statements rejecting the results of Russia's upcoming elections.
- The elections for the State Duma of the IX convocation will take place from September 18 to 20.
- Russia will allow voting both in person and online, including for citizens abroad.
- Voting locations for Russian citizens abroad will be available in at least 31 countries.
- The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claims that European countries are attempting to disrupt the electoral process and discredit its results.
- The SVR alleges that Western countries are supporting efforts to conduct provocations and spread disinformation about the elections.
Points of divergence
- The European Union and leading European countries are implementing a large-scale strategy to destabilize Russia ahead of the September elections. — m24
- European intelligence representatives discussed plans for cyberattacks on Russia's election infrastructure during visits to Ukraine. — m24
- The European Union has tasked non-systemic opposition in Russia with organizing provocations at polling stations inside and outside Russia. — m24
- The SVR claims that 'non-systemic' opposition is being instructed to spread narratives about the 'illegitimacy and illegality' of the elections before they even occur. — m24
- Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that European recognition of the election results is not of primary importance to Russia. — interfax
- Peskov said that attempts to sabotage the elections would be countered by necessary measures. — interfax
Coverage (5 sources)
- SVR stated about plans of PAE and European Parliament to announce non-recognition of elections in RF — Вести
- Peskov stated that Europe recognizing the results of the elections in the Russian Federation is not a priority — Интерфакс
- In the SVR, Europe is said to have plans to discredit the results of the September elections in Russia — Интерфакс
- SVR: Europe has been tasked with discrediting the results of Russia's elections — Вести
- SVR: Europeans want to prevent the holding of elections in Russia — Москва 24
Key entities
- Russia
- SVR
- Moscow
- Europe
- PAS
- Dmitry Peskov
- European Parliament
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- INTERFAX.RU
- TASS
- European Union
- RIA Novosti
- EP
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Alexey Vityutsevich
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