Jaroslav Ternovskii, co-chair of the association NGO “Civil control”, member of The Public Chamber (Russia): “People should decide the rules of the game. There are some limits of international observers, European system that has authority to monitor elections.

Citizens – the basis of our legal system. People are the source of authority. There is no need in waiting that somebody from abroad will tell if elections are correct. I do not think that international observation is bad, critic and evaluation are always useful, but Russian citizens are going to improve electoral system and determine the future of country by themselves “