Russia abusing rights of Ukrainian voters, charges head of election monitoring mission GlobePolitics
. Mr. Axworthy said Ukrainians in those areas should be allowed to cross the border to vote, but Russian occupiers have employed aggressive tactics to prevent them from doing so.“I think the Russians really are abusing the human rights of these people," Mr. Axworthy said."They have an important right to vote, and I think they are doing everything in their power to try to undermine it.”
“We had discussions with some of the observers who were talking about how in the areas around some of the checkpoints there were land-mine fields that people see as a real risk,” Mr. Axworthy said. In February, two people were killed and a third injured when a minibus hit a landmine while crossing the border between Ukraine and Donetsk, in the Donbass region. The passengers were returning to the rebel-controlled region after collecting their pensions in Ukraine.
“We’re used to our ways of free elections. ... But maybe not as prepared or as conscious as we should be of how disruptive this can be," Mr. Axworthy said.A comedian and actor with no political experience led the Ukrainian presidential race after the first round of votes on Sunday.
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