European experts say that observers are most likely to describe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine as averaging between those conforming to and those neglecting international standards.

Experts said this during a seminar on the parliamentary elections in Ukraine on Thursday as part of a sitting of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.

"Most likely, we won't hear that they [the elections] were completely wrong, completely not free, unfair and undemocratic, and most likely the international observers won't say that the elections were absolutely free and fair. We don't know yet what the final verdict on the elections will be, but it seems that the verdict will be somewhere in the middle," Professor of the University of Essex Sarah Birch said.

She added that "some aspects of the election campaign and actions on the polling day, the transparency of the work of polling stations, and access for observers" would determine the observers' conclusions.

Deputy Director of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies Kataryna Wolczuk briefed the members of the European Parliament on the key recent tendencies in Ukraine and problems in the election legislation, which could affect the results of the elections.

She noted that in spite of the current results of sociological polls it is too soon to speak about specific results of the elections. She added that the future composition of the parliament would depend on deputies elected in single-seat constituencies, particularly on their decision to join one or another political union – the ruling party or the opposition.

The parliamentary elections in Ukraine will be held on October 28, 2012.