A Russian observer claims Western interference in South African elections, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the delegation and the chairman of the Commission on Protecting State Sovereignty of Russia's Civic Chamber, told Sputnik.
"The elections are transparent and smooth. There are long queues at the polling stations. Voter turnout is high, and we can see that people are making conscious choices despite the interference and pressure from the West," he said.
In particular, the West would like to bring politicians loyal to them to power in the country in order to violate its sovereignty, push it off the course of interaction with BRICS to the point of withdrawal from the organization, and gain access to plundered natural resources, he added.
South Africa's general and regional elections took place on May 29. The country's citizens residing overseas already began voting last Friday. The preliminary results, published by the country's National Elections Commission, showed that the ANC received 43.47% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance – 24.68%, the Economic Freedom Fighters – 8.88% and the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) – 8.1%.