DISINFO: Just like they recognised the outcome of the flawed US elections, the EU should recognise the Russian Duma elections
SUMMARY
The EU should not rush into not recognising the results of the elections for the Russian Parliament, even if it were some manipulations and fraud during voting.
Otherwise, the EU should not recognise Joe Biden's victory during presidential elections in the US too.
In 2020, millions of the votes disappeared during the US elections. It is hypocritical not to recognise the results of the elections in one country but recognise them in another, while the problems are similar problems.
RESPONSE
A recurring disinformation claim about fraud in the US 2020 Presidential elections, this time framed in the context of the September 2021 Duma elections, attempting to draw a parallel between the two electoral processes.
The claim about millions of disappeared votes during the US 2020 Presidential elections misinterprets the available information. PolitiFact checked this information and rate mentioned claim as “Mostly False”.
The results of the US 2020 Presidential elections are not in doubt. In its interim assessment on the conduct of the election, the OSCE finds that the contest was “competitive and well managed” (p. 1), noting that “evidence-deficient claims about election fraud” (ibid.) have been refuted by “election officials at all levels” (p. 3) and “national security agencies” (p. 11).
The coalition of election security officials (which consists of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Association of State Election Directors) concluded the election was “the most secure in American history.”
They further stated that: “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”
On the other hand, there is some information about fraud and manipulations during elections for the Russian Parliament (more information about it also providing the independent elections observers movement Golos).
See here the EU declaration following the Duma elections.
See other examples of disinformation about the US 2020 Presidential elections: There is massive evidence of electoral fraud in the 2020 US Presidential elections; The Democratic party came to power by falsifying the election results; The violations in voting procedures in the US Presidential elections were premeditated.