Interview with Dmitry Petrov
Published: 26 November, 2007, 18:33
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As President Putin blames the U.S. for the refusal of the OSCE to send monitors to Russia's election Dmitry Petrov, Editor-in-Chief of “Soobschenie” magazine, shared with Russia Today his views on the issue.
“OSCE is a serious organization and many observers really have diplomatic passports. So this so calles visa problem does not look like serious obstacle. On the other hand Russian authorities are very much interested in making this election as open and transparent as possible because it means a lot for Russian reputation all over the world,” Petrov claimed.
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