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"I voted in favour of this resolution because the European Parliament has reiterated its position on cooperation with Russia and has also expressed great concern over irregularities during the elections to the State Duma held on 4 December 2011. Numerous irregularities were reported on election day, including multiple voting, obstruction of party observers, and ballot box stuffing. The running of the election showed that Russia does not meet election standards as defined by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Parliament is also deeply concerned over reports of fraud and the preliminary findings of the OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) report on procedural violations, the lack of media impartiality, the harassment of independent monitors and the lack of separation between party and state. The European Parliament therefore urges the Russian authorities to address the findings of the OSCE/ODIHR observation report, to reform electoral laws in line with OSCE and Council of Europe standards in cooperation with the Venice Commission, and to comply with those standards in practice in order to guarantee free and democratic presidential elections in 2012 with equal opportunities for opposition candidates."@en1
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