Russians comment on U.S. election (12/03/00)

Russians comment on U.S. election

RFE/RL Newsline

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on November 14 underlined that the Russian government is expecting continuity in its relationship with the United States "whoever becomes president," Interfax reported.

Meanwhile, Central Election Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshniyakov, who recently concluded a trip to the United States to observe the presidential elections there, spoke out against "numerous legal proceedings" to determine the results of that ballot, concluding that these are complicating a situation in which continuing uncertainty about the results undermines the authority of U.S. democracy.

He predicted that it is most likely that "the principal players will reach some compromise to save their own faces and the face of the democratic state."

Chairman Dmitrii Rogozin of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee said the elections vividly demonstrate "the archaic nature of the democratic system in the United States, the illiteracy of a huge number of voters, and the complexity and intricacy of the voting process itself."

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