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Mr President, there have already been many occasions on which this House has heard of various violations of the principles governing the conduct of election campaigns. I would, however, like to draw your attention to several new and, in my opinion, novel aspects that have emerged during this particular campaign.
The first of these is the appearance of fictional candidates in lists of candidates. Twenty-three candidates are running for president of Ukraine, but in reality only a few are genuinely doing so. Most of the others are registered in exactly the same way, but their participation in the election campaign is limited to a statement that although they are standing for election, the better candidate is in fact someone quite other. In addition, their representatives in electoral committees are in practice representatives of an entirely different candidate.
The second aspect which has recently become apparent, and which could pose a risk, although the risk may have abated somewhat at present, is the large number of electoral constituencies outside Ukraine. These have been set up because of the large Ukrainian minority living in Russia. According to statistics, this minority numbers several million. The electoral constituencies on Russian territory will be exclusively under the control of candidates, at least officially. They will be beyond any kind of international control, and the number of votes cast there could influence the outcome of the election.
Finally, there is a third aspect to this electoral campaign, namely Russia’s very strong support for one of the candidates. Russia reacts sharply with accusations of interference in the affairs of other countries to any criticism of the way in which the electoral campaign in Belarus and in other countries is conducted, for example, yet in the case at hand it has absolutely no inhibitions. An additional threat emerging is that the situation might be resolved by force. I recently returned from a visit to Ukraine, during which I met a number of people, and concerns of this nature are frequently voiced in the country. We need to be aware that such a threat could emerge. I thank you."@en1
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