The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) mission has no idea how to observe elections, the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a meeting of the Federation Council commission on protecting state sovereignty and preventing interference in the internal affairs of Russia.
Zakharova called the OSCE/ODIHR mission's report on the results of the early presidential elections in Azerbaijan a "masterpiece,"saying that she could not resist quoting it.
According to her, no matter what the countries conducting elections do for them, no matter how many candidates they have registered from various parties, no matter what platforms they have, it will not matter to OSCE observers. The result will be the same: political bias and a predetermined result, Zakharova believes.
"I have one question for the OSCE ODIHR. Have they heard anything at all about the concept of consolidating society at a critical moment for the state? In my opinion, they have not heard anything. And if they have not heard anything, then they have no idea how to observe elections," she said.