Well, well. What an unpleasant surprise – like a shot in the ass – that the OSCE/ODIHR decided not to observe Russia's parliamentary elections! Some crook business as I see. In their "letter of regret" to Russian central election commission, they made an incomprehensible reference to some "delays" and "restrictions" to issue visas for the election observation team – what a crap! I say that OSCE/ODIHR has done just everything possible to stay away from elections in Russia in order to find them illegitimate. I see, OSCE/ODIHR is just a corrupt organization that eats out of hand of Americans, namely US State Dept. that is aiming to weaken and destabilize not so much Russia as European Union! It is no secret that the US is much worried about EU strengthening hand and shoring up its economy in these latter days, which is done mainly thanks to plentiful energy supplies from Russia. Soon, EU will be strong enough to defy competition on the US! When OSCE is an American fifth column in Europe only needed to hinder development of EU. This obstacle should be eliminated once for all! Dismissal of this organization is issue of survival for the EU actually.

On October 24th C.J.Chivers of The New York Times reported that “Russia Working to Limit Election Observers”. Few quotes: “Russia has opened a diplomatic campaign to curtail the activities of election observers in the states of the former Soviet Union, proposing to cut the size of the missions
sharply and to prohibit the publication of their reports immediately after an election. The proposals, circulated confidentially last month by Russia at the headquarters in Vienna of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, would also forbid observers to make any public statements about a government’s electoral conduct in the days after citizens voted. Taken together, the proposals would severely undermine the activities of the organization’s election-monitoring arm before two important elections in Russia: the parliamentary election planned for Dec. 2 and presidential elections next spring. .. Russia can also act unilaterally, by demanding conditions for the observers of the December elections for the 450-seat Duma, its lower house of Parliament. At the last Duma election, in 2003, Russia invited observers about three months in advance. This year, with the elections slightly more than five weeks away, Russia has yet to invite the observers…”

Then three weeks later Jim Heintz of Assiciated Press reported that “Election Observers for Russia Stymied”. Quotes: “An international security organization said Friday it has abandoned plans to monitor Russian parliamentary balloting next month because Moscow had refused to issue visas for its election observers on time. The development underscores the tensions with the West about the state of democracy under President Vladimir Putin. The standoff threatens to deepen Western doubts about the legitimacy of the Dec. 2 elections and harden Russia's insistence that the West has no right to criticize how they are carried out. Russia has already come under criticism because it had said it would allow the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to send only 70 observers, far fewer than in previous Russian elections or the 400 sent to 2006 elections in Belarus, which has less than 10 percent of Russia's population…”

Are you still blaming OSCE/ODIHR for the "crook business"?

So..any way Poland done some at last elections of parlament. So from 13 persons which voted this day and whom i know just one voted for United Russia(Putin),cos,because its parlament elections,not president and not so much vote for United Russia here in my Rostov region as those which live in Moscow.So from 13-th 3 person for Civil Power party,4 for LDPR(liberals),3 for KPRF(communists),2 for Pro-American Party Union of Right Powers and just one for United Russia,but anyway all knows who will win...