OSCE assembly rejects proposed Russian delegate

VIENNA (Reuters) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) parliamentary assembly rejected Russia's attempt to sign up a woman representing annexed Crimea as a delegate to the group, it said on Wednesday.

Ukraine, which does not recognise Russia's move last year to absorb the peninsula, had challenged Moscow's nomination of Olga Kovitidi as a member of the 323-member assembly that fosters ties between members of parliament in the 57-nation OSCE.