Author (Person) | Dombey, Daniel, Harding, James |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 8.12.04 |
Publication Date | 08/12/2004 |
Content Type | News |
At a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Sofia on 6-7 December 2004, Russian Secretary of State Sergei Lavrov warned that OSCE election monitoring in Ukraine could become 'an instrument for political manipulation and a factor for destabilisation'. In Moscow, on 7 December 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with deep scepticism about the US-backed plan to hold elections in Iraq on 30 January 2005. |
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Countries / Regions | Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, United States |