On the picture: Head of Russia`s election commission Vladimir Churov at the central election commission session in Moscow, January 21, 2008. OSCE has rejected Russian concessions designed to avert a monitoring boycott of the presidential election on March 2nd. The OSCE said Russia`s restrictions would make it impossible for monitors to do their job properly. `We are ready to agree to start work no later than 18 February,` said Curtis Budden, a spokesman for the OSCE`s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), quoted by Russia`s Itar-Tass news agency. But Russia now says observers from the OSCE can arrive in Russia on 20 February. The comments came after two days of talks between ODIHR representatives and officials from Russia`s election commission.