Key European media report on EPDE's listing as "undesirable" in Russia - European Platform for Democratic Elections

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Key European media report on EPDE’s listing as “undesirable” in Russia

(March 16, 2018)

Key European media report on EPDE's listing as "undesirable" in Russia

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Several key media from across Europe comment on EPDE’s listing as an “undesirable organisation” in Russia, for instance:

http://www.faz.net/…/putin-im-wahlkampf-der-beschuetzer-von…

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-european-vote-…/29098628.html

http://www.dw.com/…/russia-lists-german-ngo-euro…/a-42974765

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On 13 March 2018, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), a civil society network of independent election observation organizations, and its Lithuanian member International Elections Study Center (IESC) were classified as “undesirable organizations” by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

EPDE protested against this decision.