The European Union considers the polling stations of the Russian presidential elections, which were opened in the occupied separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, without the consent of the Georgian government, to be illegal, – stated in the statement of the EU representative office in Georgia.
“The European Union remains fully committed to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Georgia,” the EU Representation in Georgia said.
The presidential elections in Russia were held on March 15-17, the so-called election precincts were also opened in occupied Tskhinvali and Abkhazia.
Putin won 87.8% of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). The Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) put Putin on 87%. First official results indicated the polls were accurate. The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia condemned the holding of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation in the occupied regions of Georgia and the illegal opening of polling stations in order to massively involve the local population.
