The Kremlin commented on the ban on Russian election observers in Ukraine

The spokesperson of the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, commented on the issue. Russian observers banned in Ukrainian elections.

According to Peskov, the discrimination of the observers of the Russian Federation in the presidential elections in Ukraine reduces the legitimacy of the vote.

"In this case, it is obvious to the world community that discriminatory measures against observers from a country or group of countries result in a loss of legitimacy. . " is an absolutely obvious fact ", – quotes Peskova TASS.

The Kremlin spokesman assured that if Russian citizens, who will be part of OSCE observers, would not be allowed to enter the territory of Ukraine, this would not mean that Moscow would not recognize the results of the elections.

"No, that does not mean that Russia might not recognize it," said the spokesman, responding to the relevant question

On 7 February, the Verkhovna Rada banned the representatives of the Russian Federation from being official observers in the elections in Ukraine.

The deputies supported the draft law n ° 9524 amending some laws of Ukraine governing the control of electoral processes.

According to the text of the document, the President of Ukraine, People's Deputies and local elections, an official observer of foreign states and ; organized International organizations can not be citizens of a state recognized by the Verkhovna Rada as an aggressor or invader state.

The bill states that the bill was designed "to minimize the risks and threats of interference of Russia in the conduct of elections in Ukraine".

On February 7, the Special Representative of the State Department of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kurt Volker, declared that he was not against the admission of Russian observers for the purpose of upholding democratic standards.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine replied that the absence of Russian observers would not prevent high-level election observation.