All quiet ahead of local elections in Ukraine, say international observers

Kyiv, October 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Observers from the For Fair Elections International NGO are yet to note any problems ahead of the local elections in Ukraine.

"We haven't noted any complications or critical situations," a representative of the organization, lawyer Sergei Mirzoyev from Russia, said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.

According to him, the situation in Ukraine ahead of the local elections was generally very quiet.

Political analyst Anna Cordova (the Czech Republic) stressed that this was not the first time the observers of the For Fair Elections organization come to monitor the elections in Ukraine.

"We will be working across Ukraine. Part of the mission will go to Odesa," she said.

"I think that there will be no serious violations," Curdova said.

"Our mission intends to make public its conclusions. We will give an objective assessment of the voting results and the legitimacy of these elections," said Mirzoyev.