Dragana Trifkovic

🗳 IAPEE Concludes Its Observation Mission in Russia IAPEE’s observation of the State Duma elections has come to an end. It was an intensive and productive three days of work: 48 observers from 32 countries worked across 16 regions of Russia and visited 681 polling stations. This was IAPEE’s largest mission since the Association was established, both in the number of observers and in the range of countries represented. Alongside visits to polling stations, observers met with election commissions and public observation centres to examine how the voting process worked in practice. At the Central Election Commission’s briefing on 21 September, Vito Grittani, Chairman of IAPEE’s Governing Council, presented the Association’s assessment. IAPEE commended the organization of the elections and reported that the irregularities observed did not affect the outcome. The mission is now preparing its detailed final report, which will be published in the coming days.