{"id":52461,"date":"2023-11-30T18:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=52461"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-invites-russians-to-observe-elections","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/52461\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk invites Russians to observe elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vybary_56_2019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vybary_56_2019.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vybary_56_2019-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vybary_56_2019-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Minsk invites Russians to observe elections\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(The Human Rights Defend\u00aders for Free Elec\u00adtions cam\u00adpaign)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ihar Karpienka, the chairman of Belarus&#8217; central election committee, has visited St Petersburg and invited Russian observers to monitor the upcoming elections in his country, <em>TASS <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 26, Karpienka told <em>ONT<\/em> television about plans to invite election officials from the Commonwealth of Independent States capitals and the Association of World Election Bodies to observe the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said Belarus was not opposed to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, but wanted &#8220;equal standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, elec\u00adtions for the local coun\u00adcils and the House of Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives will be held on the same day, Feb\u00adru\u00adary 25, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coun\u00adtry has not held a free and fair elec\u00adtion by OSCE standards since 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 30, Pozirk. 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