Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Medvedev accuses OSCE of double standards. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev participating in a session of the Council of the heads of CIS countries (RIA Novosti / Dmitry Astakhov) Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has criticized OSCE observers monitoring elections in former Soviet republics for double standards and a politicized approach. On Saturday, speaking at a meeting of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Medvedev slammed the European monitors for attempting to destabilize the situation in Russia as well as in other post-Soviet countries. The president pointed out that the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) sends “huge” delegations of up to 500 members to monitor elections in the CIS, while the body's missions to countries are made up of only 10-15 observers.
Medvedev said, as cited by Interfax. Vladimir Churov. Vladimir Churov Vladimir Yevgenyevich Churov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Чуров; born March 17, 1953, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian official and politician.
Since March 26, 2007, he has been a member (delegated by the State Duma) and the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia. In 1977 he graduated from the Department of Physics at Leningrad State University. In 1992–2003 he worked on the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office, in 1992–1996 under Vladimir Putin, in 1995–2003 as a deputy head of the Committee. According to Marina Salye, Churov worked for KGB.[1]