DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION

UNCLAS MOSCOW 004536 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL ECON OSCE RS SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION REF: SECSTATE 126089 ¶1. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 13 to Tatiana Smirnova, MFA Head of the Division for European Cooperation, Humanitarian Cooperation Division. Smirnova noted that the GOR was not planning to present criticism of other countries at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),but will focus on presenting progress in Russia and on upcoming Russian elections. Regarding the Azlamazyan/Educated Media Foundation case and Other Russia's Marches of Dissent, she promised to send a letter to the Ministry of the Interior requesting action. ¶2. (SBU) According to Smirnova, the Russian delegation to the HDIM will be comprised of representatives from the Office of State Law of the President, the Central Voting Commission, Ombudsman, Public Chamber, and Ministry of Health and Social Development, as well as the deputy director of the Ministry of Justice. She told us there was a possibility the list may be altered as delegates could decide to remain in Moscow because of the September 12 government change. Burns