Leonid Slutskiy: “The European Parliament, in Russophobic hysteria, began to clean up dissidents. MEP from France Thierry Mariani and four of his colleagues were excluded from the official parliamentary mission of monitoring the elections. The reason is a visit to Crimea.
Where are the vaunted principles of democracy and pluralism of opinions? However, if the goal of declaring the upcoming elections to the State Duma illegitimate is already announced in advance and publicly, then, obviously, these very principles are replaced by repression and the absence of political culture.
For our part, in any case, we will be glad to see Mr. Mariani and his colleagues as observers. These are honest and courageous politicians who have repeatedly put the truth above positions, posts and mandates. “
