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"en.20120314.25.3-447-000"2
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"Mr President, economically and politically, Russia is the most important neighbour of the European Union. The presidential elections in this country are an important decision by its citizens on the nature of the state, since crucial political power is concentrated in the hands of the democratically elected President of the country.
The elections, which were clearly won by Vladimir Putin, were accompanied by a number of objections by the opposition, whose leaders, however, received little public support. Doubts about the absolute fairness of the election process were also confirmed by independent observers from the OSCE. At the same time, however, they noted that none of the candidates standing against Vladimir Putin had a real chance of succeeding. I therefore think it appropriate to respect the fact that no significant political force is profiled in Russia today that would represent a real alternative to those currently in power for us or, in particular, the citizens of Russia.
In a healthy society, an open, political dialogue must take place in a free media environment, and that should be our main goal for Russia as well, so that the opposition, which is unsuccessful for the time being, will be able to show its true political potential in a new environment of freedom."@en1
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