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“Local election can be held when the conditions are right to conduct elections according to OSCE criteria.

This means that the Ukrainian political parties must be able to present candidates and to campaign, and Ukrainian media should be able as well to participate in the campaign,” Mingarelli said expressing his position regarding the assumption of German ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel that elections in Donbas are possible in the presence of Russian troops.

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