The EU considers the Russian presidential election polling stations opened in occupied breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without consent of the Georgian Government illegal. The EU remains fully committed to Georgia’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

Russia: presidential "elections" took place in highly restrictive environment, under increased systematic internal repression and crackdown on critical voices, with no OSCE/ODIHR observation.

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