Kiev Paves Way For Most Grave Electoral Frauds In Favor Of Poroshenko - Patrushev

Conditions for the most grave violations of the electoral process, including possible frauds in favor of President Petro Poroshenko, have been created in Ukraine, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th February, 2019) Conditions for the most grave violations of the electoral process, including possible frauds in favor of President Petro Poroshenko, have been created in Ukraine, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

"The current authorities deliberately deprived millions of Ukrainians living in our country and residents of the DPR and LPR [self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics], whom Kiev, by the way, considers to be Ukrainian citizens, of the right to participate in the elections. The preconditions for election frauds to provide a 'right' result for Poroshenko are created by their exemption from the electoral process," Patrushev said.

"Ban on the entry of Russian monitors to Ukraine as part of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights [ODIHR], which, unlike Western representatives, are not able to cover up forgers, should be considered in the same context ...Thus, conditions for the most serious violations of the electoral process have been created in Ukraine," Patrushev added.

Patrushev stressed that resorting to electoral frauds is the only chance for Poroshenko to retain his post.

The presidential election in Ukraine is scheduled for March 31.