we contacted several international organizations asking for money and the organization for security and cooperation in europe got back to west but simply said it's a bilateral relations between the two countries. so over a hundred forty thousand observers were ensuring that ballots were cast without any problems and that the voting procedures were properly conducted over fifteen hundred of the observers of foreigners which is a record for the presidential election in russia we had two of them in here tonight give us their views the vast majority of poles set up with cameras to stream everything online easy to do these days comparatively activists were using them to monitor any possible violations and but there was least one either it says this video shows members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes party this took place in a city near moscow the central electoral commission is the employees involved and said obviously those ballots cast no particular books will not be counted we discussed the election was a say observe. that came in the studio here as well european one

the new secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe mr graham and your think you are very much for your time it's been roughly since month since month since you accepted the position pledging to reinvigorate the organization to specifically focus on dialogue and reviving trust. i wonder if the practical reality of the past six months has perhaps. i think. assumed this office i knew very valuable. expecting me. five familiar bits you know you see. one of my previous job so i was this permanent representative. to the u.n. here you know for five years i chaired the permanent council in two thousand and fourteen. i chaired it then we started the crisis in around ukraine so i'm very familiar of it this institution familiar with its processes you're familiar with the challenges. you often talk about the restoration of trust as the key to the effectiveness but what makes you believe that the organization stakeholders have reached a point when they valued that trust over their immediate policy objectives. look i think one of if not the key challenge in your atla

on the vice president at the summit of the organization for security and cooperation in europe frankly it doesn't seem like anything's going to warm up any time soon does it as for in the united states senior politicians there already blasted president putin over the election republican senator john mccain a long time fierce critic of the russian president accused him of trying to artificially inflate the voter turnout meanwhile top democratic congressman adam schiff attacked in force. eliminating opponents there's also been reaction from an essay whistleblower edward snowden apparently living in exile in russia to attention to and i just cases of cruelty meanwhile it's been reported that ninety eight percent of registered voters a broadcast that ballots in this and election some outside the consulate in new york passed the time by singing the russian classic. but is kept at the space in the cold by me singing along while waiting in line outside the diplomatic compound in my house and. keeps the blood flowing it was also the first presidential election for the only lady in the race to

asking for comment about that i have to say i didn't get much by the organization for security and cooperation in europe to get a reply but not much of one simply said that it's a matter of bilateral relations between two countries i don't want one hundred forty hp. thousand of that mess have been steering that ballots are cast without any problem and that the voting procedures darkened that it properly and the fifteen hundred at the observers are arness which is they're ready for the presidential election in russia. the vast majority of polls are set up with cameras to stream everything online of course to check out the security really talked to a number of foreign observers especially from europe to my. using these cameras now this latest electronic means with the latest but you know utilize them to monitor any possible violations you see the video here showing members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes indeed so that did his job in this case but it still took place in a city near moscow the central election commission has fired those employees involved and said the ballots ca

organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.e.c.d. and it's a conference that was devoted to media peer ality and media freedom in ukraine and that's the irony of the whole situation is that i was meant to participate in the conference to talk about all the the problems we as journalists face particularly in conflict zones and the very authoritative we're holding that conference refused me entry so it says a lot about the way the ukrainian authorities view press freedom not allowing journalists to attend a conference on press freedom the last time i was in kiev was back in two thousand and fifteen at that time i was reporting on fires that have broken our channel and i started receiving death threats on my twitter feed and an online witch hunt was instigated against me in the decision was taken for me to to leave as soon as possible. all of this is particularly concerning because of course it sheds light on a very real situation in terms of press freedom media karate that is happening right now in here if there was a response from the