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OSCE to send 500 observers to monitor Russia’s presidential election

The organization plans to send 80 long-term and 420 short-terms observers

WARSAW, December 21. /TASS/. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has announced plans for the number of observers at the Russian presidential elections to be held in March 2018.

The organization’s press service reported on Thursday that the Office plans to send 80 long-term and 420 short-terms observers to Russia.

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