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Ali Abdel Rahim

Last name:

Ali

First name:

Abdel Rahim

Country:

Egypt

Versions of names:

Абдельрахим Али

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.theportal-center.com/2017/09/about-dr-abdel-rahim-ali-editor-in-chief-of-al-bawaba-news

Notes:

Abdel Rehim Ali is an Egyptian journalist and a member of the House of Representatives. He is an expert on Islamist movements and political Islam. Ali is a member of Egypt’s Press Syndicate, head of the Arab Center for Journalism in Egypt and chairman & editor-in-chief of Al-Bawaba Newspaper and Portal. He is also the head of the Arab Center for Research and Studies in Cairo and Paris.

Jader Rieffe Julianelli Afonso

Last name:

Jader Rieffe Julianelli

First name:

Afonso

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Джейдер Риффе Джулианелли Афонсо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jader_Rieffe_Julianelli_Afonso.jpg

Notes:

Afonso Jader Rieffe Julianelli is an Executive Secretary of the Interstate Consortium for the Development of Central Brazil.

Hewad Rahyab Ahmad

Last name:

Hewad Rahyab

First name:

Ahmad

Country:

Afghanistan

Versions of names:

Ахмад Хевад Рахьяб

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSb_WGPV5Do

Notes:

Ahmad Hewad Rahyab is a Deputy Country Director at Global Youth Parliament.

Al Sharawi Ahmad

Last name:

Al Sharawi

First name:

Ahmad

Country:

Syria

Versions of names:

Ахмад Аль Шарави, د. أحمد الشعراوي

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.zamanalwsl.net/news/article/103395

Notes:

Ahmad Al Sharawi has a PhD in Communication from Damascus University where is also a faculty member in the Department of Electronic Media, Faculty of Mass Communication. Ahmad is the Dean of the Faculty of Information at Al-Hawash University.

Felaliev Akramsho

Last name:

Felaliev

First name:

Akramsho

Country:

Tajikistan

Abdulkudos Rashid Al Khasheb

Last name:

Abdulkudos Rashid

First name:

Al Khasheb

Country:

Yemen

Versions of names:

Аль-Хашеб Рашид Абдулкудос Ибрагим

Photo:

Picture source:

https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/al-khasheb-rashid-abdulkudos-ibragim

Notes:

Al Khasheb Rashid Abdulkudos is a student at the Orel State University.

Marleix Alain

Last name:

Marleix

First name:

Alain

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Ален Мерле

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/old/2084.asp

Notes:

Alain Marleix is a former member of the French National Assembly first elected in 1993 and then reelected in 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012. He was a member of the European Parliament between 1985 and 1993. He was the Secretary of State for the Interior and Territorial Communities in the government of François Fillon from 2008 to 2010 and Mayor of Massiac from 1995 to 2008. Merleix, as well as Di Borgo, participated in Thierry Mariani’s propagandistic trip to Moscow in December 2015. Since 2016, Marleix is a Regional Councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Marsaud Alain

Last name:

Marsaud

First name:

Alain

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Ален Марсо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Marsaud#/media/Fichier:Alain_Marsaud.jpg

Notes:

Alain Marsaud is a French politician. A former magistrate, he was notably head of the central counter- terrorism service at the Paris public prosecutor's office in the 1980s.

He was a member of the French National assembly for the first constituency of Haute-Vienne between 1993 and 2007, then for the 10th constituency of French people living outside France from 2012 to 2017.

Corvez Alain

Last name:

Corvez

First name:

Alain

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Corvez Alain Jean Albert, Ален Корвез

Photo:

Picture source:

https://shpionopedia.org/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7

Notes:

Alain Corvez is a retired French colonel, ex-advisor to the UN Commander-in-Chief, and former adviser on international relations at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dzhussoev Alan

Last name:

Dzhussoev

First name:

Alan

Country:

Georgia (South Ossetia)

Versions of names:

Алан Джуссоев

Photo:

Picture source:

http://cominf.org/node/1166520428

Notes:

Alan Dzhussoev is the first deputy head of the “Presidential Administration”. He initiated the social movement "Your Choice" (2012) and was the head of the Leningor District in the so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” from 2009-2012.

Elbakiev Alan

Last name:

Elbakiev

First name:

Alan

Country:

Georgia (Abkhazia)

Versions of names:

Алан Элбакиев

Photo:

Picture source:

http://old.mfaapsny.org/en/information/?ID=1899

Notes:

2014 he was appointed as the “Ambassador” of the so-called "Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia" in South Ossetia.

Gagloev Alan

Last name:

Gagloev

First name:

Alan

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Алан Гаглоев

Photo:

Picture source:

http://alania.gov.ru/persons/324

Notes:

Alan Gagloev is a member of the parliament of the Republic of Northern Ossetia – Alania. He is a head of the Municipal Formation Prigorodny District and a Chairman of the Meeting of Representatives of the Prigorodny District.

Azucena Torres Mejia Alba

Last name:

Azucena Torres Mejia

First name:

Alba

Country:

Nicaragua

Versions of names:

Альба Азучена Торрес Мехия

Photo:

Picture source:

http://mfaapsny.org/en/allnews/news/visits/asusena-torres-mekhiya-stala-poslom-respubliki-nikaragua-v-respublike-abkhaziya-

Notes:

Alba Azucena Torres Mejia is the Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Russian Federation (since 2018) and to the so called "Republic of Abkhazia" (since 2019). She is also a writer and a poet.

Bianco Alberto

Last name:

Bianco

First name:

Alberto

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Альберто Бьянко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.comune.barbaresco.cn.it/ita/consiglio_comunale.asp

Notes:

Alberto Bianco became a Deputy Mayor of Barbaresco (Piedmont) in 2011.

Carcaci Aldo

Last name:

Carcaci

First name:

Aldo

Country:

Belgium

Versions of names:

Альдо Каркачи

Photo:

Picture source:

http://lepeuple.be/aldo-carcaci-le-bon-eleve-de-la-democratie/91885

Notes:

Aldo Carcaci is a former MP (2014-2019). He is a National Secretary of the French-Speaking Federation of Disabled People. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE) and Chairman of the Board of Progrès & Action.

Šešelj Aleksandar

Last name:

Šešelj

First name:

Aleksandar

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Александар Шешељ, Александр Шешель

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/sin-ratnog-zlocinca-koji-je-fiksiran-na-hrvatsku-1254858

Notes:

Aleksandar Šešelj has been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia and a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2017. Aleksandar Šešelj is a member of the PACE committee on social affairs, health, and sustainable development and an alternate member of the committee on culture, science, education, and media. He is the son of the Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj.

Nikoloski Aleksandar

Last name:

Nikoloski

First name:

Aleksandar

Country:

Republic of Macedonia

Photo:

Picture source:

https://pace.coe.int/en/members/6525/nikoloski

Bykadorov Aleksandr

Last name:

Bykadorov

First name:

Aleksandr

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Александр Быкадоров

Photo:

Picture source:

https://dnronline.su/2019/05/16/donbass-vozvrashhaetsya-na-rodinu-aleksandr-bykadorov-video

Notes:

Member of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic". Chairman of the "Civil and Arbitration Law Committee".

Seryozhenko Aleksandr

Last name:

Seryozhenko

First name:

Aleksandr

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Александр Серёженко

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.odsd.ru/lica/partiya/serezenko-aleksandr-anatolevic

Notes:

Member of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic", Member of the "Committee on health care, maternal and child health".

Pilipenko Aleksandr

Last name:

Pilipenko

First name:

Aleksandr

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Александр Пилипенко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.yuga.ru/articles/society/7963.html

Notes:

Chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Youth Public Organization "Agency of Youth Initiatives".

Gaponenko Aleksandrs

Last name:

Gaponenko

First name:

Aleksandrs

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Александр Гапоненко, Александр Владимирович Гапоненко

Photo:

Picture source:

aprinkis.lv (http://www.aprinkis.lv/index.php/viedokli/2596-marcis-bendiks-pratojums-par-tiesam-un-mocekliem)

Notes:

Alexandrs Gaponenko is the co-chairman of the Non-Citizens' Congress of Latvia and head of the Baltic branch of the Izborsky Club. According to the investigation carried out in the connection with the development of the documentary “Dangerous Liaisons”, he has received his share of the Kremlin money through his European Research Institute. Alexandrs Gaponenko has been subjected to searches and arrests for his anti-state activities since 2014. In 2018, he was arrested on charges of “trying to overthrow the government and inciting national hatred” on Facebook. 2 months later, “actions in favor of a foreign state” were added to those charges. He is prohibited from entering Estonia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Moldova.

Kondratyev Aleksey

Last name:

Kondratyev

First name:

Aleksey

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Алексей Кондратьев

Photo:

Picture source:

The Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80324693

Notes:

Alexei Kondratyev has been Member of the Federation Council since 2015, he is the member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Zhigulin Aleksey

Last name:

Zhigulin

First name:

Aleksey

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Алексей Жигулин

Photo:

Picture source:

https://dnrsovet.su/aleksej-zhigulin-nas-zhdyot-ocherednaya-imitatsiya-ukrainoj-burnoj-politicheskoj-deyatelnosti

Notes:

Deputy of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic". Chairman of the "Committee on Criminal and Administrative Law", Member of the "Provisional Commission on the control and coordination of activities in the areas most affected by the armed aggression of Ukraine". He graduated from the Donetsk Institute of Management and the Donetsk Institute of Internal Affairs at the Donetsk National University of Ukraine, majoring in law.

Musolino Alessandro

Last name:

Musolino

First name:

Alessandro

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Алессандро Мусолино

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIISX9jB03Q

Notes:

Alessandro Musolino is an Italian politician, a former regional councillor of the Veneto region, member of the Forza Italia foreign committee. He took part in the politically biased electoral observation mission at the parliamentary elections in Russia in December 2011.

Miloradovich Alesya

Last name:

Miloradovich

First name:

Alesya

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Алеся Милорадович

Photo:

Picture source:

https://medium.com/@alesyamiloradovich

Notes:

Alesya Miloradovich is a French political scientist, civil activist and expert in the field of geopolitics and security studies. She co-organised an illegal trip of 22 children from France to Russia-annexed Crimea in August 2016 and took part in the politically biased observation mission at the regional elections in Russia in September 2017, 2018, 2019.

Tikhomirov Simov Alexandar

Last name:

Tikhomirov Simov

First name:

Alexandar

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Александр Симов

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parliament.bg/en/MP/2799

Notes:

Alexandar Simov is a Bulgarian politician and journalist. He became a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 2017 and is a member of the pro-Kremlin “Bulgaria – Russia Friendship” group in the parliament. He publishes his materials in such Bulgarian media as the Duma publication (duma.bg), the internet portal pogled.info, as well as on the website of the Representative Office of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Republic of Bulgaria (bgr.rs.gov.ru).

Grönlund Alexander

Last name:

Grönlund

First name:

Alexander

Country:

Sweden

Versions of names:

Александр Гренлунд, Александр Грёнлунд

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.blackseanews.net/en/read/142853

Notes:

Alexander Grönlund is the son of a Swedish entrepreneur Ulf Grönlund, who moved to St. Petersburg in the early 1990s and became one of the first Western entrepreneurs to establish business in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

von Bismarck Alexander

Last name:

von Bismarck

First name:

Alexander

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Александр фон Бисмарк

Photo:

Picture source:

https://tsargrad.tv/news/potomok-bismarka-podtverdil-slova-predka-zajaviv-chto-germanija-ne-tam-ishhet-vragov_119165

Notes:

Alexander Von Bismarck is a German politician and has been the lord of Döbbelin Castle since 1991. He is an independent entrepreneur, a trained banker and a lawyer. He has been politically active for the CDU since 1972.

Stetsyuk Alexander

Last name:

Stetsyuk

First name:

Alexander

Country:

Moldova (Transnistria)

Versions of names:

Александр Стецюк

Photo:

Picture source:

http://mfa-pmr.org/ru/xMF

Notes:

Alexander Stetsyuk is the Deputy Foreign Minister of the so-called “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic”.

Shpakovsky Alexander

Last name:

Shpakovsky

First name:

Alexander

Country:

Belarus

Versions of names:

Александр Шпаковский

Photo:

Picture source:

https://sputnik.by/authors/aliaksandr_shpakouski

Notes:

Alexander Shpakovsky is a director of the Belarussian analytical center "Актуальная концепция" (Current Concept). He is a member of the Scientific Expert Group under the State Secretariat of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus and member of the Scientific Expert Council under the Chairman of the EEC Board. Shpakovsky is a regular contributor to the Belarusian edition of the Russian state-funded Sputnik website.

Rahr Alexander

Last name:

Rahr

First name:

Alexander

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Александр Рар

Photo:

Picture source:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Alexander_Rahr%2C_November_2011.jpeg

Notes:

Alexander Rahr is a German management consultant, lobbyist, Eastern European historian, political scientist and publicist. He is long-time supporter of Putin's regime. He is a research director of the German-Russian Forum that promotes Russian foreign policy interests in Germany and Europe, a deputy chair of the Council of Russian Economy in Germany, and an advisor on EU affairs for the Russian energy giant Gazprom.

Dzermant Alexey

Last name:

Dzermant

First name:

Alexey

Country:

Belarus

Versions of names:

Алексей Дзермант

Photo:

Picture source:

https://imhoclub.lv/ru/author_page/4988

Notes:

Alexey Dzermant is a chief editor of the portal "IMHOklub.by" and a regular contributor to the Belarusian edition of the Russian state-funded Sputnik website.

Tarrade Alexis

Last name:

Tarrade

First name:

Alexis

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Алексис Таррад

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/francais-du-monde/francais-du-monde-moscou-a-quatre-mois-du-mondial-de-football_2592832.html

Notes:

Alexis Tarrade is a Frech politician, who regularly comments for the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website and is a close friend of Thierry Mariani. He resigned his duties at the Republican party in February 2020. Alexis Tarrade has been the President of the Union of French nationals living abroad in Russia (Union des Français de l'Etranger Délégation Russie) since 2015. In 2018, as part of the delegation led by Thierry Mariani, Tarrade illegally visited Eastern Ukraine to observe the illegitimate general elections in the DPR. Tarrade is a Secretary General of AFER Association providing expatriation assistance and advice. One of the AFER's sponsor is Thierry Mariani.

Parmentier Alexis

Last name:

Parmentier

First name:

Alexis

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Алексис Парментье

Photo:

Picture source:

https://ren.tv/news/v-rossii/718081-evropeiskie-nabliudateli-otmetili-uroven-organizatsii-golosovaniia

Notes:

Alexis Parmentier is a Consultant at Acteon LLC, a Moscow based recruitment, staffing and outsourcing agency.

Brandziya Alias

Last name:

Brandziya

First name:

Alias

Country:

Georgia (Abkhazia)

Versions of names:

Алиас Брандзия

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.parliamentrso.org/node/2485

Notes:

Member of the "Central Election Commission" of the so-called "Republic of Abkhazia". 2017 was assigned to the diplomatic rank of the attaché.

Gerlinya Alina

Last name:

Gerlinya

First name:

Alina

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Алина Герлиня, Alina Gerlina

Photo:

Picture source:

https://rus.tvnet.lv/7614790/boyus-ehat-domoy-grazhdanka-latvii-poehala-v-doneck-nablyudat-za-referendumom

Notes:

Alina Gerlinya is the deputy editor-in-chief at the Kremlin-owned outlet Baltnews Latvia. She was raised in Latvia but studied in Russia, where she also became a part of the Leaders of Russia program.

Lipp Alina

Last name:

Lipp

First name:

Alina

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Алина Липп

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?q=Lipp%09Alina&newwindow=1&sca_esv=566108044&bih=679&biw=1396&hl=en&ei=TkIHZdHdAon87_UPxYOUmAI&ved=0ahUKEwjRvO2boLKBAxUJ_rsIHcUBBSMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Lipp%09Alina&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiCkxpcHAJQWxpbmEyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHkibElC8AliAEHABeACQAQCYAXugAXuqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQH4AQKoAgjCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOoCGLQC2AEBwgIQEAAYAxiPARjqAhi0AtgBAeIDBBgAIEGIBgG6BgQIARgK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&bshm=rimc/1#vhid=g69vlhbiACf7_M&vssid=l

Notes:

Alina Lipp is a resident of Russia or in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine such as Donetsk. She is a German blogger who spreads pro-Russian propaganda in German- and Russian-speaking countries. Until December 31, 2020, Lipp was a member of the German party Alliance 90/The Greens, which she now describes as "anti-Russian". She then became chairwoman of the Friends of Crimea Germany association.

Reichardt André

Last name:

Reichardt

First name:

André

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Richard Andre, Andre Rişar

Photo:

Picture source:

https://azertag.az/en/xeber/French_Senator_Constitutional_amendments_will_contribute_to_expansion_of_democracy_and_improvement_of_peoples_welfare_-996127

Notes:

André Reichardt is a French politician, senator and the former president of the Regional Council of Alsace. A member of Les Républicains (LR) / The Republicans, Reichardt sits in the Senate of the French Parliament since 2010. He is the Vice-Chairman of the European Affairs Committee and the Secretary of the Committee for Constitutional Laws, Legislation, Universal Suffrage, Regulations and General Administration. He has been a Regional Councilor for Alsace between 1998 and 2021.

Elissen André

Last name:

Elissen

First name:

André

Country:

Netherlands

Versions of names:

Андре Элиссен

Photo:

Picture source:

https://meep.lol/mep/andr%C3%A9-elissen/

Notes:

André Elissen is a Dutch politician and consultant as well as police officer. Member of the European Parliamen from 13 June 2017 — 2 July 2019

Chanclu Andre

Last name:

Chanclu

First name:

Andre

Country:

France

Versions of names:

André Michel Claude Chanclu; Шанклю Андре Мишель Клод

Photo:

Picture source:

https://french.alahednews.com.lb/16477/323

Notes:

Andre Chanclu (André Michel Claude Chanclu) is the President of Collectif France-Russie and co-founder of the France-Donbass Committee. For both of these ''organisations'' it is not possible to find anything more than their Facebook pages. André Chanclu was a militant at GUD (Groupe Union Défense) a renowned far-right French student organization. More recently he organizes trips to Ukraine or Russia, forges international links, and seeks funding for various far-right activities.

Kotarac Andréa

Last name:

Kotarac

First name:

Andréa

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Андреа Котарак

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/politique/elu-la-france-insoumise-andrea-kotarac-soutient-le-rassemblement-national

Notes:

Andréa Kotarac is a Regional Councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2021. First, as a member of the Left Party and La France insoumise (Unbowed France), he was elected as a Regional Councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2015. He resigned from this mandate after supporting the list of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) in the European elections of 2019. The National Rally then placed him at the top of the list in the regional elections of 2021 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

He illegally travelled to the so-called “Donetsk People's Republic” in May 2018 and met with its leadership.

Delmastro Delle Vedove Andrea

Last name:

Delmastro Delle Vedove

First name:

Andrea

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Андреа Дельмастро

Photo:

Picture source:

https://laprovinciadibiella.it/politica/caro-andrea-delmastro-finita-la-pacchia

Notes:

Andrea Delmastro is an Italian lawyer and politician. He is a former councilor of Biella (Piedmont). In March 2018 he was elected for the first time in the Chamber of Deputies in Biella.

Rigoni Andrea

Last name:

Rigoni

First name:

Andrea

Country:

Italy

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrea_Rigoni_daticamera.jpg

Giannotti Andrea

Last name:

Giannotti

First name:

Andrea

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Андреа Джанотти

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Lj1VwYsw2uE

Notes:

Andrea Giannotti is an Executive Director and Vice President of the Institute of Eurasian Studies, which promotes Russian foreign policy interests in Italy, and a member of the pro-Kremlin Gorchakov Club. Gianotti is also a professor at the Department of World Political Processes at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations).

Maurer Andreas

Last name:

Maurer

First name:

Andreas

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Андреас Маурер

Photo:

Picture source:

Picture source: Heinz Benken (https://www.noz.de/lokales/samtgemeinde-artland/artikel/425361/die-linke-nominiert-im-artland-andreas-maurer)

Notes:

Andreas Maurer is a German politician. Between 1992 and 2006 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Maurer joined Die Linke / The Left party in 2011, successfully running for council in the town of Quakenbrück, the Artland collective municipality and the District of Osnabrück in the same year. In 2016 he became the head of the Die Linke / The Left party's faction in Quakenbrück's District Council. In June 2018, he was sentenced for election fraud in western Germany.

Mamikins Andrejs

Last name:

Mamikins

First name:

Andrejs

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Андрей Владимирович Мамыкин

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/world/20141212STO01112/andrejs-mamikins-eu-association-agreement-is-very-important-for-every-georgian

Notes:

Andrejs Mamikins is a Latvian Russian politician and journalist, a former member of the European Parliament (2014–2019). He has been involved in numerous pro-Kremlin activities in Latvia and beyond, in particular attempting to discredit Latvia for its integration policies towards the Russian-speaking minority and promoting Russian interpretations of contemporary history. In 2016, together with two other members of the European Parliament, he visited Syria to meet with Head of State Bashar al-Assad. In 2018, he announced his resignation from the party.

Chernyshev Andrey

Last name:

Chernyshev

First name:

Andrey

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Андрей Чернышев

Photo:

Picture source:

https://baikal24.ru/text/23-03-2020/033

Notes:

Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma of the seventh convocation, founder of the charity foundation "Sibirskij Harakter" (Siberian Character).

Baevskiy Andrey

Last name:

Baevskiy

First name:

Andrey

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Андрей Баевский

Photo:

Picture source:

https://dnrsovet.su/andrej-baevskij-sozdanie-obshhestvennoj-palaty-eto-odin-iz-zakonomernyh-etapov-razvitiya-nashego-gosudarstva

Notes:

Member of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic". Member of the "Committee on Information Policy and Information Technology",
Deputy Chairman of the "Parliamentary Committee of Civil and Arbitration Legislation".

Dołecki Andrzej Dariusz

Last name:

Dołecki

First name:

Andrzej Dariusz

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Долецки Анджей Дариуш

Photo:

Picture source:

https://hyperreal.info/news/posel-vii-kadencja-andrzej-dolecki-ze-stowarzyszenia-wolne-konopie

Notes:

Andrzej Dariusz Dołecki is a polish social activist and politician, in 2015 a member of the Sejm of the 7th term, president of the Free Hemp association

Crovetti Angela

Last name:

Crovetti

First name:

Angela

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Анжела Кроветти

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.101mediatori.it/mediatore/crovetti-angela-natalia-felicita-306

Notes:

Angela Crovetti is a lawyer at the law firm "studio legale Crovetti". She has been practising in the field of civil law since 1993, dealing in particular with family and child law, contracts and civil liability.

Myrianthous Angela Myoseos

Last name:

Myrianthous

First name:

Angela Myoseos

Country:

Cyprus

Versions of names:

Анхела Мириантос

Photo:

Notes:

Angela Myoseos Myrianthous is a spouse of Elias Myrianthous. She is a partner at Elias Myrianthous Consultants Ltd.

Duga Challa Angessa

Last name:

Duga Challa

First name:

Angessa

Country:

Ethiopia

Versions of names:

Ангесса Дуга Чала

Photo:

Picture source:

http://pressmia.ru/pressclub/20200702/952808768.html

Notes:

Angessa Duga Challa is a consultant of the Union of African Diplomats in Russia and an employee of the Zambian Embassy.

Soroka Anna

Last name:

Soroka

First name:

Anna

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Анна Сорока

Photo:

Picture source:

https://xn--d1achldmtc.xn--p1ai/publications/publication/annasoroka

Notes:

“Deputy foreign minister” of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic", Chairperson of the Board of the Public Organization "Memorial".

Čurdová Anna

Last name:

Čurdová

First name:

Anna

Country:

Czech Republic

Versions of names:

Чурдова Анна

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/zpravy/Curdova-Mistopredsedkyne-nesmi-byt-herdekbaba-159430

Notes:

Anna Čurdová is a Czech politician, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the CSSD at the beginning of the 21st century

Tardino Annalisa

Last name:

Tardino

First name:

Annalisa

Country:

Italy

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197806/ANNALISA_TARDINO/home

Notes:

Annalisa Tardino is an Italian politician and a lawyer by training. Since 2019 she is a Member of the European Parliament for Lega Nord / North League which is aligned with the Identity and Democracy Group. At the EP, Tardino is a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, among others.

Friesen Anton

Last name:

Friesen

First name:

Anton

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Антон Фризен

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.friesen-im-bundestag.de

Notes:

Anton Friesen is a German politician for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany since 2013. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. In the 19th German Bundestag (2017-2021), Anton Friesen was a chairman of the subcommittee for the United Nations, international organizations and globalization. In addition, he was a member of the Foreign Committee and a substitute member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. Together with other AfD party members he consistently called for the lifting of the “anti-Russian” sanctions.

Caragea Anton

Last name:

Caragea

First name:

Anton

Country:

Romania

Versions of names:

Антон Карагеа

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/antoncaragea

Notes:

Anton Caragea is a Romanian expert in international relations, diplomat and historian who runs a website called “European Council on Tourism and Trade”.

Kutev Anton Konstantinov

Last name:

Kutev

First name:

Anton Konstantinov

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Антон Константинов Кутев

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parliament.bg/bg/MP/2700

Notes:

Member of the 44th National Assembly in the Parliamentary Group "Bulgarian Socialist Party for Bulgaria". Deputy Chairman of the General Assembly (2017-2019), Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee (2017-2019). Since 2019 he is a member of the Commission for the interaction with the non-governmental organizations and the complaints of the citizens. Anton Konstantinov Kutev also participated in the previous National Assemblies (41st, 42nd). He studied "Economics of Cinema and Television" at the Moscow Film Institute and "European Public Administration" at Sofia University.

Burat Antonin

Last name:

Burat

First name:

Antonin

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Антонин Бурат

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=565754400&hl=en&q=Burat%09Antonin&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8ttuex62BAxXChv0HHblFDwgQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=uw9GJY3TFoRnfM

Notes:

Antonin Burat is a French independent photographer, born in 1990 and based in Paris.

Razzi Antonio

Last name:

Razzi

First name:

Antonio

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Антонио Рацци

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Razzi#/media/File:Antonio_Razzi_datisenato_2013.jpg

Notes:

Antonio Razzi is a former Senator of the Italian Republic (2013- March 2018). At the 2006 political elections he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Italy of Values list. He became quite famous in 2011, when he left the opposition party Italy of Values to support the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Moreover, he is known for his positions regarding Kim Jong-un's North Korea and Bashar al-Assad's Syria.

Anastasia Antônio

Last name:

Anastasia

First name:

Antônio

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Antonio Anastasia / Антонио Анастасия

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/5529

Notes:

The first vice-president of the Brazilian Senate and head of the Azerbaijan-Brazil friendship group in the Senate. Antonio Anastasia was governor of Minas Gerais, a state in Southeastern Brazil (2010–2014). From 2015 - Senator for Minas Gerais. He is Professor at the Law School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) since 1993 and master in Administrative Law.

Gutiérrez Antonio

Last name:

Gutiérrez

First name:

Antonio

Country:

Spain

Photo:

Picture source:

https://pace.coe.int/en/members/6908/gutierrez

Saakov Aram

Last name:

Saakov

First name:

Aram

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Арам Сааков

Photo:

Picture source:

https://grebennikon.ru/author-7139.html#

Notes:

Chief Advisor to the Staff of the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots.

Nyambi Archibold Jomo

Last name:

Nyambi

First name:

Archibold Jomo

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Versions of names:

Арчибальдом Ньямби

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.pa.org.za/person/archibold-jomo-nyambi

Notes:

Archibold Jomo Nyambi is a South African politician from Mpumalanga province. In 2005 he became a member of to the National Assembly and in 2009 - a member of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Since 2014 he has been the House Chairperson of Committees in the NCOP.

Tsevelragchaa Arildiipurev

Last name:

Tsevelragchaa

First name:

Arildiipurev

Country:

Mongolia

Versions of names:

Арилдийпүрэв Цэвэлрагчаа

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.facebook.com/Arildiipurev

Notes:

Dr. Arildiipurev Tsevelragchaa is an international lawyer. She works as the Director of the International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia.

Krauze Armands

Last name:

Krauze

First name:

Armands

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Армандс Краузe

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.losp.lv/node/2342

Notes:

Armands Krauze is a Latvian agronomist and politician, member of the Latvian Farmers' Union and its chairman since 2019. Currently he is a deputy of the 13th Saeima and works in the Union of Greens and Farmers faction. He has previously been elected to several other Saeima terms. Graduated from Latvia University of Agriculture (Master of Agriculture).

Rustamyan Armen

Last name:

Rustamyan

First name:

Armen

Country:

Armenia

Versions of names:

Армен Рустамян

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.tert.am/ru/news/2015/09/17/armen-rustamyan/1793025

Notes:

Armen Rustamyan has been a Deputy of the National Assembly from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) party since 1999. In 2015 he became Political representative of the ARF Bureau. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and Standing Committee on European Integration.

Develey Arnaud

Last name:

Develey

First name:

Arnaud

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Арно Девеле

Photo:

Picture source:

https://24tv.ua/ru/kak-arno-devele-stal-instrumentom-kremlja-v-legitimizacii-psevdoreferendumov-24-kanal_n2172062

Notes:

Arnaud Develey is a lawyer, political commentator of the Russian state media, and reviewer of the Geopolitika.ru online platform.

Leier Artur

Last name:

Leier

First name:

Artur

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Артур Лейер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HSB2zaLTF0

Notes:

Artur Leier is a former press officer of the left-wing youth in Hamburg (Linksjugend Hamburg). In April 2017 he visited Crimea with a German Delegation. In 2016, he was a "war correspondent" for SputnikNews in Donbas. Since 2016 he has been a personal assistant of a Member of the Hamburg Parliament Martin Dolzer from Die Linke / The Left.

Artur Leier is the executive director of Weltnetz TV which he co-founded with far-left politician Diether Dehm, who was a member of the Bundestag until 2021.

Tovmasyan Artur

Last name:

Tovmasyan

First name:

Artur

Country:

Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Versions of names:

Артур Товмасян

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.nankr.am/ru/51

Notes:

Artur Tovmasyan is the Head of the “Motherland” group in the “National Assembly” of "Nagorno-Karabakh".

Taymazov Artur

Last name:

Taymazov

First name:

Artur

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Артур Таймазов

Photo:

Picture source:

http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99112866

Notes:

A deputy of the State Duma, elected in the constituency North Ossetia-Alania in 2016. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs. Freestyle wrestler, representing national team of Uzbekistan at the Olympic Games.

Modak Ashok

Last name:

Modak

First name:

Ashok

Country:

India

Versions of names:

Ашок Модак

Photo:

Picture source:

https://upclosed.com/people/ashok-gajanan-modak

Notes:

Ashok Modak is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Mumbai. In recognition of his contribution in the field of education, the Government of India nominated him for the position of National Research Professor on 6 January 2015 for a period of five years. In 2016, Professor Lokesh Chandra, President - Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) appointed Dr. Modak as a member of the reconstituted General Assembly of ICCR for a term of three years.

Minosyan Ashot

Last name:

Minosyan

First name:

Ashot

Country:

Georgia (Abkhazia)

Versions of names:

Ашот Миносян

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parlamentra.org/rus/officials/index.php

Notes:

Member of the of the "National Assembly" Committee for international, inter-parliamentary relations and relations with compatriots at the Parliament of the so-called "Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia"; Member of the "National Assembly" Committee on agrarian policy, natural resources and ecology.

Beigneux Aurélia

Last name:

Beigneux

First name:

Aurélia

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Орелия Бене

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63607673

Notes:

Aurélia Beigneux is a French politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament elected in 2019 being on the list of National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front). In the EP, among other committees, she is a member of the Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation and the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

During the 2014 municipal elections, Beigneux was elected to the Municipal Council of Hénin-Beaumont and became the Deputy for social affairs. She was re-elected as a municipal councillor for Hénin-Beaumont in 2020 but did not retain her position as the Deputy.

Lieberman Avigdor

Last name:

Lieberman

First name:

Avigdor

Country:

Israel

Kassegger Axel

Last name:

Kassegger

First name:

Axel

Country:

Austria

Versions of names:

Аксель Кассегер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_83129/index.shtml

Notes:

Axel Kassegger is an Austrian politician, entrepreneur and politician. He has been a Member of the Austrian National Council since 2013. Axel Kassegger has been a Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Chile, Santiago since 2019 and an Honorary professor for accounting at the Hochschule Mittweida since 2016. In July 2019 Axel Kassegger succeeded Wolfgang Klinger as a business spokesman in the Freedom Parliamentary Club.

de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan Aymeri

Last name:

de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan

First name:

Aymeri

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Аймери де Монтескью-Фезенсак д'Артаньян

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.senat.fr/senateur/de_montesquiou_aymeri98032r.html

Notes:

Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan has been the mayor of the tiny French town of Marsan since 1976. He is a member of the Republican Party in France. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1993 and senator of Gers from 1998 to 2015. Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan was indicted for accepting bribes and money laundering in relation to the so-called Kazakhgate and took part in the politically biased international monitoring mission to the Russian regional elections in September 2017.

Chauprade Aymeric

Last name:

Chauprade

First name:

Aymeric

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эмерик Шопрад

Photo:

Picture source:

https://euobserver.com/institutional/131239

Notes:

Aymeric Chauprade is a French writer, political scientist and a former MEP. He left the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) on 9 November 2015, mostly for "moral and political" principles, to found Les Français Libres (The Free French) in 2016. The party was dissolved in 2017. Aymeric Chauprade was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019, where he held the position of Vice-President of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group (2018-2019). He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and of the Security and Defense Sub-Committee. Yelizaveta Peskova, daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, served in the European Parliament as an assistant to Aymeric Chauprade, who publicly supported Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

Zhumagulov Bakhytzhan

Last name:

Zhumagulov

First name:

Bakhytzhan

Country:

Kazakhstan

Versions of names:

Бакытжан Турсынович Жумагулов, Бақытжан Тұрсынұлы Жұмағұлов

Photo:

Picture source:

https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/bakyitjan-jumagulov-poluchil-novuyu-doljnost-343543

Notes:

Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov is a Kazakh politician who was Chairman of Nur Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan. From 2010 to 2013, he held the post of Minister of Education and Science. In 2018, he was appointed the Chairman of the Public Council for Monitoring the Implementation of the Five Social Initiatives of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Szabó Balázs

Last name:

Szabó

First name:

Balázs

Country:

Hungary

Versions of names:

Балаш Жабо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://ujpestmedia.hu/lemondasra-szolitja-fel-ujpesti-kepviselojet-a-jobbik/

Mdlalose Bandile Felicity

Last name:

Mdlalose

First name:

Bandile Felicity

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Versions of names:

Мандил Фелисити Мдлалос

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MvljaDdOLs

Notes:

Bandile Felicity Mdlalose, a human rights activist from South Africa. She was the general secretary of the South African shackdwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. She is now the President of the Community Justice Movement which operates in some informal settlements of Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal.

She is the National Working Committee member of the United Front.

Tomalin Barry Anthony

Last name:

Tomalin

First name:

Barry Anthony

Country:

United Kingdom

Versions of names:

Бэрри Томлин

Photo:

Picture source:

https://icc-languages.eu/about-us/our-board

Notes:

Barry Anthony Tomalin is currently a visiting lecturer at the Academy of Diplomacy and International Governance in International Communication and Cultures, Governance, Public Diplomacy and Information Management (Loughborough University London ). He is the author of several books and articles on world cultures and trainings. He was affiliated to "London Academy of Diplomacy" before its scandalous closure.

Hatif Bashir

Last name:

Hatif

First name:

Bashir

Country:

Afghanistan

Versions of names:

Башир Хатиф

Notes:

Bashir Hatif is a journalist at Zhwandoon TV.

Samaha Bashir Abbas

Last name:

Samaha

First name:

Bashir Abbas

Versions of names:

Башир Аббас Самаха

Photo:

Picture source:

http://nntv.tv/?id=201869

Notes:

Bashir Abbas Samaha is a chairman of the Arab-Russian Association and a counselor of the Union of Arab Universities of the Russian Federation.

Bilaonov Batradz

Last name:

Bilaonov

First name:

Batradz

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Батрадз Билаонов

Photo:

Picture source:

http://alania.gov.ru/persons/1288

Notes:

Member of the Parliament of the Northern Ossetia-Alania. He was elected deputy chairman of the Parliament of the Northern Ossetia-Alania in 2017. Graduated from the North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute with a degree in industrial and civil engineering.

Owen Bernard

Last name:

Owen

First name:

Bernard

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Бернард Оуэн

Photo:

Picture source:

http://cece-owen.net/category/modes-de-scrutin-articles-essentiels

Notes:

Bernard Owen was the Secretary-General of the Center for Comparative Election Studies in Eaubonne, France. He was a Doctor in political science at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Amongst other things, he had created a training programme leading to the establishment of the certificate of election administrator (Panthéon Assas University, 2001-2009), and, subsequently, to the university diploma “Administrator of elections” (Panthéon Sorbonne University, from 2009). He was an electoral expert and worked closely with the Venice Commission. Bernard Owen passed away in 2022.

Oehme Bernhard Ulrich

Last name:

Oehme

First name:

Bernhard Ulrich

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Бернхард Ульрих Ейме

Photo:

Picture source:

Ulrich Oehme/Anja Stewig Penig (https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/O/522440-522440)

Notes:

Ulrich Oehme is a German politician and a member of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. He became a member of the national board of the AfD Sachsen in 2016. In the 2017 general election, he was elected to the German Bundestag and served until 2021. Together with Björn Höcke and André Poggenburg, he belongs to the right-wing nationalist wing of the AfD party.

In 2018 Ulrich Oehme "observed" the illegitimate elections in Crimea. According to the research, published by SPIEGEL and the ARD political magazine "Contrasts" in June 2020, this trip was financed by the Russian parliament.

Wetzel Birgit

Last name:

Wetzel

First name:

Birgit

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Биргит Ветцель

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.birgitwetzel.de/ueber-mich

Notes:

Birgit Wetzel is an expert and freelance journalist from Hamburg with a focus on Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Kaukasus and Energy. She studied economy, history, Slavic and American studies (Eastern Europe Institute, Kennedy Institute, Institute for Economic and Social History).

Nistad Bjørn Ditlef

Last name:

Nistad

First name:

Bjørn Ditlef

Country:

Norway

Versions of names:

Бьерн Дитлеф Нистад

Photo:

Picture source:

https://riafan.ru/1119638-norvezhskii-nablyudatel-zapadnye-smi-ne-govoryat-pravdu-o-tom-chto-proiskhodit-v-donbasse

Notes:

Bjørn Nistad is a Norwegian historian and a long-term pro-Kremlin activist, a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website. In 2015, he published the book "The rescuer of Russia - a political biography of Vladimir Putin".

Ţîrdea Bogdan

Last name:

Ţîrdea

First name:

Bogdan

Country:

Moldova

Versions of names:

Богдан Кайдарович Цырдя

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.parlament.md/StructuraParlamentului/Deputies/tabid/87/Id/574/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx

Notes:

Bogdan Ţîrde is a Moldovan analyst, political scientist and politician. He has been a member of Moldovan parliament from December 2014. He is a member of Committee on Foreign Policy and European Integration in the parliament. From 1998 until now he is a senior lecturer at the Ion Creanga State Pedagogical University in Chisinau, Department of Philosophical and Socio-Economic Sciences.

Stanisławski Bojan

Last name:

Stanisławski

First name:

Bojan

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Боян Станиславски

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdhzQ8Uy7A4

Notes:

Bojan Stanisławski is a Bulgarian journalist and trade union activist. He works for the Polish far-left website Strajk.eu and the Baricade. Bojan Stanisławski regularly contributes to the Polish edition of the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website.

Chernyshev Boris

Last name:

Chernyshev

First name:

Boris

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Борис Чернышев

Photo:

Picture source:

http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99112564

Notes:

Member of the State Duma since October and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science since 2016. Member of the Interdepartmental Working Group on improving the system of state regulation of educational activities since 2018.

de Arístegui Borja

Last name:

de Arístegui

First name:

Borja

Country:

Spain

Versions of names:

Борха де Аристегуи

Photo:

Picture source:

https://ipi-ufv.com/miembros/borja-de-aristegui

Notes:

Borja de Arístegui is a professor of Geopolitics and International Relations at Francisco de Vitoria University. In addition, he has lectured at Queen Mary University and Lebanese International University.

Delić Božidar

Last name:

Delić

First name:

Božidar

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Божидар Делич / Bozidar Delic / Bozhidar Delich

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.mc.rs

Notes:

Retired Major General of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro Božidar Delić is a member of the Serbian Radical Party. He was elected Vice President of the Serbian Parliament in May 2007. After the split in the Serbian Radical Party in 2008 he sided with the Serbian Progressive Party , founded by Tomislav Nikolic. Due to disagreement with the party's policy, he left the Progressives in 2011 and returned to the SRS.

Grims Branko

Last name:

Grims

First name:

Branko

Country:

Slovenia

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.sds.si/o-stranki/vasi-predstavniki/poslanec-branko-grims

Notes:

Branko Grims is a Slovenian politician, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia since 2004. As a founding member and deputy of the Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS) / Slovenian Democratic Party, he was a member of the first democratically elected Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia. From 1993 to 1995 Grims was the party's secretary-general, from 1997 to 2002 a member of the National Council, from 2002 to 2004 an expert associate of the SDS parliamentary group and from 2004 continued to work continuously as an SDS deputy in the National Assembly.

Bilde Bruno

Last name:

Bilde

First name:

Bruno

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Брюно Бильд

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/harcelement-sexuel/le-depute-fn-bruno-bilde-accuse-de-harcelement-sexuel-par-d-anciens-assistants-parlementaires_2562839.html

Notes:

Bruno Bilde is a Member of the National Assembly of the French Parliament since 2017. He is a member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) since 1991. Bilde was the Deputy Mayor of Hénin-Beaumont from 2014 to 2017. From 2016 to 2017, he was the Regional Councillor for Hauts-de-France and got reelected to the Council in 2021.

Sommer Catalán Bruno

Last name:

Sommer Catalán

First name:

Bruno

Country:

Chile

Versions of names:

Бруно Соммер Каталан

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.5-tv.ru/news/302738/sag-vnovuu-epohu-vrossii-prinali-novuu-konstituciu-reportaz

Notes:

Bruno Sommer Catalán is a journalist and founder of the El Ciudadano magazine.

Quintanilla Carmen

Last name:

Quintanilla

First name:

Carmen

Country:

Spain

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carmen_Quintanilla_(cropped).jpg

Bohórquez-Morán Carmen Luisa

Last name:

Bohórquez-Morán

First name:

Carmen Luisa

Country:

Venezuela

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parlamentomercosur.org/innovaportal/v/7992/1/parlasur/bohorquez-moran-carmen-luisa.html

Notes:

Carmen L. Bohórquez-Morán is a former deputy of the MERCOSUR parliament (2013-2015). She is MA in philosophy and doctor in Iberian and Latin American studies.

Griset Catherine

Last name:

Griset

First name:

Catherine

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Катрин Гризе

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/94649/CATHERINE_GRISET/home

Notes:

Catherine Griset is a French politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019 and a member of the Identity and Democracy Group. She is a member of the National Bureau of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front). In the EP, among other committees, she is a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

In 2017, when working as Marine Le Pen’s chief of staff, Griset was charged with breach of trust after investigators found she and Le Pen's bodyguard had been paid salaries of about €340,000 of Parliament money while they, in fact, worked for Le Pen’s party - the National Front at the time.

Preda Cezar Florin

Last name:

Preda

First name:

Cezar Florin

Country:

Romania

Photo:

Picture source:

https://pace.coe.int/en/members/5522/preda

Neant Christelle

Last name:

Neant

First name:

Christelle

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Кристель Неант, Кристель Нэан, Néant Christelle

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.ostro.org/donetsk/politics/articles/557973/?USE_DESKTOP=1

Notes:

Christelle Neant is a French journalist. She has been living in the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" since 2016 and obtained its citizenship. Christelle Neant works there in DONi International Press Center. She obtained Russian nationality in 2021.

Verougstraete Christian

Last name:

Verougstraete

First name:

Christian

Country:

Belgium

Versions of names:

Кристиан Веругстрат

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170410_02828318

Notes:

Christian Verougstraete is the Ostend city councilor and a former Belgian MP: from 1995 to 2014 he was a member of the Flemish Parliament. He consistently expressed support for the Kremlin's policy and observed the illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea in March 2014.

Schade Christina

Last name:

Schade

First name:

Christina

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Кристина Шаде

Photo:

Picture source:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Schade

Notes:

Christina Schade is a German management consultant and politician of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. She was a member of the Brandenburg state parliament between 2014 and 2019.

Hörstel Christoph

Last name:

Hörstel

First name:

Christoph

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Кристоф Хёрстель, Christoph R. Hörstel

Photo:

Picture source:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_H%C3%B6rstel#/media/Datei:Christoph_H%C3%B6rstel.png

Notes:

Christoph R. Hörstel is a German publicist and political activist. He reported as a journalist from 1985 to 1999. He then worked as a freelance journalist and activist. Among other things, Hörstel represents views that have repeatedly been criticized as conspiracy theories. In 2013 he founded the small German party Deutsche Mitte (German Center). After leaving this party in 2017, Hörstel founded and led the allegedly anti-Semitic Neue Mitte (New Center) party.

Christoph Hörstel was a guest on the German-language program of the Russian state-financed broadcaster RT (Russia Today) several times. In 2017, he traveled to annexed Crimea and was photographed with Putin. In 2020, Hörstel has repeatedly been an interview guest on the Russian broadcaster Ren-TV.

Monique Claude

Last name:

Monique

First name:

Claude

Country:

Belgium

D’Amico Claudio

Last name:

D’Amico

First name:

Claudio

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Клаудио д'Амико

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.ilgiorno.it/sesto/cronaca/alieni-assessore-d-amico-1.3266036

Notes:

Claudio D’Amico is an Italian politician, who has served as the councilor for public security in the municipality of Sesto San Giovanni. He was a MP from 2008 to 2013, a Mayor of Cassina de 'Pecchi from 2009 to 2013 and a member of the Italian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from June 2008 to March 2013. He is a member of the Lombardy-Russia Cultural Association that promotes the Kremlin’s policies. D’Amico observed the illegitimate Crimean “referendum” in 2014.

Ribeiro Claudio

Last name:

Ribeiro

First name:

Claudio

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Клаудио Рибейро

Photo:

Picture source:

https://fplnr.ru/dirizher-iz-brazilii-o-pasportah-rf-dlya-zhitelej-donbassa

Notes:

Claudio Ribeiro is a Brazilian publicist and conductor.

Cajado Cláudio

Last name:

Cajado

First name:

Cláudio

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Claudio Cajado / Клаудио Каджадо

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.politicos.org.br/claudio-cajado-sampaio

Notes:

Brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Progressive Party, the head of the Azerbaijan-Brazil friendship group at the National Congress of Brazil. Federal deputy of Brazilian federal unit Bahia (since 1995). In 2013, Cláudio Cajado was accused of fraud in 2004, in the municipality of Dias D'Ávila. Along with other candidates, the parliamentarian was accused of crimes of electoral corruption, voter coercion, documentary falsification.

Herold Corinna

Last name:

Herold

First name:

Corinna

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Херольд Коринна

Photo:

Picture source:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna_Herold#/media/Datei:Corinna_Herold.jpg

Notes:

Corinna Herold is a German dentist and politician for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany since 2013. She has been a member of the Thuringian state parliament since 2014. She is a Member of the AfD parliamentary group in Erfurt City Council since 2019.

Pech Cyrill

Last name:

Pech

First name:

Cyrill

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Цюрилл Пех, Кирилл Пех

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/reportage/russland-freunde-in-der-krim-krise-das-klischee-die-verletzte-russische-seele-verstehen-sie/9645690-2.html

Notes:

Cyrill Pech is a German priest, who was the last president of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship. Now he is the chairman of the board of "Berliner Freunde der Völker Russlands" (Berlin friends of the peoples of Russia).

Turlais Dainis

Last name:

Turlais

First name:

Dainis

Country:

Latvia

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dainis_Turlais_saeima.jpg

Shefet Dan

Last name:

Shefet

First name:

Dan

Country:

France / Denmark

Versions of names:

Дэн Шефет

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.unesco.org/internet-and-radicalization-youth-preventing-acting-and-living-together/dan-shefet

Notes:

Dan Shefet is a French lawyer, born in Denmark. He is an Individual Specialist at UNESCO, an Expert at the Council of Europe on the Internet Ombudsman and the founder and the president of the Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy (AAID). He is also the founder of Cabinet Shefet - a law firm created in 1989 that focuses on international law including European law in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, IT Law and Competition Law.

Simic Danijel

Last name:

Simic

First name:

Danijel

Country:

Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Versions of names:

Даниел Симич, Данијел Симић, Simić Danijel

Photo:

Picture source:

https://topspb.tv/news/2020/06/27/mezhdunarodnye-eksperty-ocenili-process-golosovaniya-po-popravkam-v-konstituciyu

Notes:

Danijel Simić is a head of Association of Journalists of Republika Srpska and founder of the Frontal.rs portal.

Stojadinović Danijela

Last name:

Stojadinović

First name:

Danijela

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Даниjела Стојановић, Даниэла Стоянович

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.mc.rs/fotografija-danijela-stojadinovic.1966.html?photoId=30990

Notes:

Danijela Stojadinović is a Serbian politician and a specialist in clinical biochemistry by profession. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016. She is a member of the Committee for Diaspora and Serbs in the region, the Committee for Culture and Information and others.

Luzhedanzan Danzan

Last name:

Luzhedanzan

First name:

Danzan

Country:

Mongolia

Versions of names:

Данзан Лужеданзан

Photo:

Evans David

Last name:

Evans

First name:

David

Country:

United Kingdom

Versions of names:

Дэвид Эванс

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.senatepublishing.co.uk/meet-the-team/lord-david-evans

Notes:

David Evans, Lord Evans of Watford, Labour Member of the House of Lords.

Mirovic Dejan

Last name:

Mirovic

First name:

Dejan

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Деян Мирович, Mirović Dejan

Photo:

Picture source:

https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B

Notes:

Dejan Mirović is a Serbian lawyer, university professor, and politician. He was the vice-president of the Serbian Radical Party until 2015 andfrom 2007 to 2012, he was a member of the Serbian National Assembly. Since 2013, he has been a professor at the Faculty of Law at Kosovska Mitrovica University.

Jacquat Denis

Last name:

Jacquat

First name:

Denis

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Дени Жака

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/xml/xml/acteurs/1699.asp

Notes:

Denis Jacquat was MP until 2017. He participated in Mariani’s propagandistic trip to Moscow upon the invitation from Slutsky in December 2015. Denis Jacquat was a General Councilor of the Moselle 2011-2015. He has been a Departmental Councilor of the Moselle since 2015.

Kolesnikov Denis

Last name:

Kolesnikov

First name:

Denis

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Денис Колесников

Photo:

Picture source:

https://nslnr.su/about/deputati/453

Notes:

Since 2014, deputy of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic". Chairman of the "Committee of the People’s Council of the Luhansk People's Republic on issues of international relations, communications, information policy and mass communications". Graduated with master's degree in Public and Municipal Management.

Levin Denis

Last name:

Levin

First name:

Denis

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Денис Левин

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.parliamentrso.org/node/1490

Notes:

Assistant of "People's Council" deputy of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic".

Cavalcante de Lima Devanir

Last name:

Cavalcante de Lima

First name:

Devanir

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Деванир Кавальканте де Лима

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.diarioregional.com.br/2019/07/18/representantes-do-brics-convidam-cidades-do-abc-para-encontro-internacional

Notes:

Devanir Cavalcante de Lima is the director of the Department of cultural activities at the municipal administration of Guarulhos. Among others, Devanir Cavalcante de Lima is responsible for organizing the Brazilian delegation to participate in the international municipal forum of the BRICS countries. He is also a special secretary of PSB 40 party.

Nader de El Andari Dia

Last name:

Nader de El Andari

First name:

Dia

Country:

Lebanon / Venezuela

Versions of names:

Диа Надер де эль-Андари, Dia Nader Kadi de El-Andari

Photo:

Picture source:

https://weightofchains.ca/stars-of-the-film-2/

Notes:

Dia Nader de El Andari is a former Ambassador of Venezuela to Syria (2006-2009) and former Chargé d'Affaires of Venezuela in Serbia (2011–2019). She was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and studied in Moscow. Dia Nader de El Andari starred in the Serbo-Canadian film The Weight of Chains 2, which is set in the political-economic situation of the states of the former Yugoslavia.

Lutsker Diana

Last name:

Lutsker

First name:

Diana

Country:

Israel

Versions of names:

Диана Луцкер, Диана Люцкер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://crimea.ria.ru/politics/20180317/1114042756.html

Notes:

Diana Lutsker is working for the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Guillen Perez Diego

Last name:

Guillen Perez

First name:

Diego

Country:

Spain

Versions of names:

Диего Гуильен Перес, Диего Гуйллен Перес

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Diego-Guillen-Perez-1268129456651194

Notes:

Diego Guillen Perez is a managing officer in Refrigeració Miquel Garcia S.L.

Friedhoff Dietmar

Last name:

Friedhoff

First name:

Dietmar

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Дитмар Фридхофф

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/F/519550-519550

Notes:

Dietmar Friedhoff joined the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany in 2013 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017. He has been the Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development in the 19th (2017-2021) and 20th (2021-2025) German Bundestag. In addition, Dietmar Friedhoff is a deputy member of the Defense Committee and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, among others. He consistently called for the lifting of "anti-Russian" sanctions.

de Kochko Dimitri

Last name:

de Kochko

First name:

Dimitri

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Дмитрий Кочко, Дмитрий де Кошко, Дмитрий Борисович де Кошко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.eurasiexpress.fr/dimitri-de-kochko-le-troll-se-rebiffe

Notes:

Dimitri de Kochko is a French journalist. He was granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin in 2017. De Kochko is a co-founder of the Union of Russophones of France and a regular commentator for the French edition of the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website. He is an affiliated expert of the Public Diplomacy project. Since 2014, de Kochko has been engaged in spreading disinformation about Ukraine as well as attacking mainstream French media accusing them of “russophobia".

Liatsos Dimitrios

Last name:

Liatsos

First name:

Dimitrios

Country:

Cyprus

Versions of names:

Димитрис Лиатсос, Λιάτσος Δημήτριος

Photo:

Picture source:

https://echo.msk.ru/guests/589508-echo

Notes:

Dimitrios Liatsos is a Greek journalist, who has been working in Russia for over than 10 years. He is a correspondent of a state-run Television of Greece and regular contributor to the Greek edition of the Russian state-funded Sputnik website that promotes the Kremlin's foreign policy interests.

Dimitriadis Dimitris

Last name:

Dimitriadis

First name:

Dimitris

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Димитрис Димитриадис

Photo:

Notes:

Dimitris Dimitriadis is a Polish political activist and popularizer of Russian culture in Poland.

Ionin Dmitriy

Last name:

Ionin

First name:

Dmitriy

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Дмитрий Ионин

Photo:

Picture source:

duma.gov.ru

Notes:

Dmitry Ionin is a State Duma deputy from Urals, began his career in 2009 as a deputy of the Nizhneserginsky City Duma, heading the committee on legislation and local self-government. Since 2017 - Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation.

Khoroshilov Dmitriy

Last name:

Khoroshilov

First name:

Dmitriy

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Дмитрий Хорошилов

Photo:

Picture source:

https://nslnr.su/about/deputati/426

Notes:

First Deputy Chairman of the "People’s Council" of the so called "Luhansk People’s Republic". He graduated from Rubezhansky Chemical and Mechanical College (specialty "Maintenance and repair of chemical and oil refining industries").

Tarczyński Dominik

Last name:

Tarczyński

First name:

Dominik

Country:

Poland

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dominik_Tarczy%C5%84ski_Sejm_2015.JPG

Bilde Dominique

Last name:

Bilde

First name:

Dominique

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Доминик Бильде

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Bilde#/media/File:DominiqueBilde.jpg

Notes:

Dominique Bilde is a Member of the European Parliament since 1 July 2014. She is now in her second term having been reelected to the European Parliament in 2019. In the EP, among other committees, she is a member of the Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Dominique Bilde is from the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) party representing East France. She was a Regional Councillor for Lorraine from 2010 to 2015 and a Regional Councillor for Grand Est from 2016 to 2021.

Ericksen Douglas

Last name:

Ericksen

First name:

Douglas

Country:

USA

Versions of names:

Дуглас Эриксен

Photo:

Picture source:

http://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org

Notes:

Douglas Ericksen is an American politician. He is a member of the Washington State Senate. In April 2019, he registered as a foreign agent to consult and lobby for the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Trifkovic Dragana

Last name:

Trifkovic

First name:

Dragana

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Драгана Трифковић, Драгана Трифкович, Dragana Trifković

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.news-front.info/2017/01/23/dragana-trifkovic-initiative-to-solve-the-syrian-crisis-transferred-to-russia-and-the-middle-east-states

Notes:

Dragana Trifkovic is a Serbian journalist, politician, and director of the Center for Geostrategic Studies. She is the head of the Belgrade Centre of Strategic Research and a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled media. 2016 she was expelled from the Democratic Party of Serbia. Dragana Trifkovic was making regular reportages from the war in Donbas from 2014 to 2016. She was one of the observers of the so-called parliamentary elections in the DNR in November 2014. In October 2015, she illegally visited Crimea as part of a delegation from Serbia that featured politicians from the ultranationalist Serbian Movement Dveri and national-conservative Democratic Party of Serbia. After August 2020, she left the Dveri movement and reactivated the work of the People's Movement.

Odović Dragana

Last name:

Odović

First name:

Dragana

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Драгана Одовић, Драгана Одович

Photo:

Notes:

Dragana Odovic is a member of the Republic Electoral Commission of Serbia.

Vlk Draginja

Last name:

Vlk

First name:

Draginja

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Драгиня Влк

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.ctv.by/novosti-minska-i-minskoy-oblasti/zamechaem-ochen-vysokuyu-zainteresovannost-grazhdan-na-kazhdom

Notes:

Draginja Vlk is a member of the City Assembly of Belgrad, Serbia.

Pacheco Duarte

Last name:

Pacheco

First name:

Duarte

Country:

Portugal

Versions of names:

Дуарте Пачеко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://newsbeezer.com/portugaleng/psd-deputy-duarte-pacheco-on-the-cover-of-mens-health-observer

Notes:

Duarte Pacheco is the Vice-president of the Portuguese Parlament. He has been a deputy of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic since 1991.

Bojić Dubravko

Last name:

Bojić

First name:

Dubravko

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Дубравко Боич, Dubravko Bojic

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.parlament.gov.rs/DUBRAVKO_BOJIC.951.488.html

Notes:

Dubravko Bojić is a professor of the Russian language and a Serbian politician. He became a member of the National Assembly of Serbia in 2016. Dubravko Bojić illegally visited Russia-annexed Crimea together with some other European politicians.

Bajatović Dušan

Last name:

Bajatović

First name:

Dušan

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Душан Бајатовић, Душан Баятович

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.kurir.rs/tag/372/dusan-bajatovic

Notes:

Dušan Bajatović is a former MP of Serbia (2007-2016), and chair of the council of the Development Centre of the Russian Geographical Society in Serbia. Once an ally of Slobodan Milošević, he was later an advocate of moving the Socialist Party away from Milošević's legacy. Since 2008, he has been the general manager of the Serbian state-owned natural gas provider Srbijagas. Bajatović regularly comments the Serbian edition of the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website and promotes Russian economic interests in the Balkans.

Petrović Dušan

Last name:

Petrović

First name:

Dušan

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Петрович Душан

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Petrovi%C4%87#/media/File:Du%C5%A1an_Petrovi%C4%87_2014_Crop.jpg

Notes:

Dušan Petrović is a Serbian politician, a former long-time member of Democratic Party (DS) and the former Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management between 2011 and 2012 and former Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia between 2007 and 2008. Leader of the broken-off wing of DS, as of 2013 he is the chairman of the Together for Serbia party.

Jagelavicius Edikas

Last name:

Jagelavicius

First name:

Edikas

Country:

Lithuania

Versions of names:

Jagelavičius Edikas, Ягелавичус Эдикас

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/yla-islindo-is-maiso-paleckio-bendrazygis-pernai-lankesi-rusu-okupuotose-ukrainos-teritorijose.d?id=93079553

Notes:

Edikas Jagelavičius is a member of the pro-Russian organization “International Forum of Good Neighbourhood”. He is an associate of Algirdas Paleckis, who was convicted of espionage for Russia. Jagelavičius currently lives in Belarus. Between 2014-2017 Edikas Jagelavičius was leading the Lithuanian Socialist People's Front party.

Graudiņš Einārs

Last name:

Graudiņš

First name:

Einārs

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Эйнарс Граудиньш

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzw2yf2W3p0

Notes:

Einārs Graudiņš is a leader of the Latvian anti-immigrant and openly pro-Russian "Action party" (Rīcības Partija), chaired by the head of the "Russian World of Latvia" organisation.

Soroka Ekaterina

Last name:

Soroka

First name:

Ekaterina

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Екатерина Сорока

Photo:

Notes:

Secretary of the "Central Election Committee" of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic".

Kravchenko Elena

Last name:

Kravchenko

First name:

Elena

Country:

Ukraine (LPR)

Versions of names:

Елена Кравченко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Flug-info.com%2Fnews%2Fone%2Ftsik-lnr-okazhet-pomosch-v-organizatsii-vyborov-v-molodezhnyi-parlament-43125&psig=AOvVaw0TJWt282XcKLm3R8cL83k4&ust=1589459893868000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAMQjB1qFwoTCKCDkNntsOkCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

Notes:

Chair of the “Central Election Commission” of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic".

Bibikova Elena

Last name:

Bibikova

First name:

Elena

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Елена Бибикова

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Picture source:

https://informpskov.ru/news/245266.html

Notes:

She has been a member of the Federation Council from the Pskov Region since 2014 (social policy committee). Graduated from Armavir Law College with a law degree and Pskov State Pedagogical Institute, majoring in history and law.

Demetriou Elias

Last name:

Demetriou

First name:

Elias

Country:

Cyprus

Versions of names:

Ηλίας Δημητρίου / Элиас Деметриу

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.akel.org.cy/2014/03/27

Notes:

Elias Dimitriou served as an observer in the presidential elections in the occupied Crimea in March 2018. He has been affiliated to the Progressive Party for the Working People and is a member of the International Department of the C.C. of AKEL.

Myrianthous Elias

Last name:

Myrianthous

First name:

Elias

Country:

Cyprus

Versions of names:

Элиас Мириантус, Элиас Мириантос

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.parliament.cy/en/biographical-notes/myrianthous-elias

Notes:

Elias Myrianthous is a Cypriot politician, a member of the Pafos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Central Committee of KS EDEK. He runs Elias Myrianthous Accountants Ltd. He was EU election candidate from EDEK in 2019.

Shaheen Elias

Last name:

Shaheen

First name:

Elias

Country:

Syria

Versions of names:

Элиас Шахин, الياس شاهين

Notes:

Elias Shaheen is a former Member of the People's Assembly of Syria. He served between 2012 - 2016.

Hatem Elie

Last name:

Hatem

First name:

Elie

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эли Хатем

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/elie-hatem-figure-de-lultradroite-enseigne-a-paris-13-3859136

Notes:

Elie Hatem is a Franco-Lebanese lawyer and politician. He is the director of the United Nationals Democratic Alliance (UNDA) overseeing its dealings with France. He is a member of the Steering Committee of Action Française (French Action). Hatem was an advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali during the 1990s. He is close to the Le Pen family, more specifically to Jean-Marie Le Pen. Hatem is also an affiliated expert of Kochetkov’s Public Diplomacy project. He teaches law and international relations at the Free Faculty of Law, Economics and Management in Paris.

Rubinstein Elie

Last name:

Rubinstein

First name:

Elie

Country:

USA

Versions of names:

Эли Рубинштейн, Илья Рубинштейн

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elierubinstein/detail/photo

Notes:

Elie Rubinstein is a fundraiser and the Executive Director of Emergency USA (since 2016). From 2012 to 2016 he was the Executive Director of Hebrew Educational Society in Brooklyn, New York.

Bertolasi Eliseo

Last name:

Bertolasi

First name:

Eliseo

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Элизео Бертолази

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vita.it/it/author/eliseo-bertolasi/48

Notes:

Eliseo Bertolasi is an associate researcher of the pro-Kremlin Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences and correspondent of the Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik and Voice of Russia. He contributed to the development of the pro-Kremlin Lombardy-Russia Cultural Association. Currently, he is based in Donetsk.

Kilchenmann Emmanuel

Last name:

Kilchenmann

First name:

Emmanuel

Country:

Switzerland

Versions of names:

Эмануэль Кильхенманн

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/kilchenmanne

Notes:

Emmanuel Kilchenmann is a Swiss attorney, who represented the interests of nine Russian canoeists suspected to have committed anti-doping rule violations. He was elected in 2015 as as a new President of the SVP City of Freiburg (SVP Freiburg Stadt), where he is currently a General Councillor.

Leroy Emmanuel

Last name:

Leroy

First name:

Emmanuel

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эммануэль Леруа; Emmanuel Marc Andre Leroy

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.revuemethode.org/leroy.html

Notes:

French far-right activist Emmanuel Leroy is a member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) party, known for its pro-Kremlin positions. From 2010 to 2017 he was a member of the Association France-Europe-Russia Alliance (AFER). He is a former advisor to far-right French politician Marine Le Pen.

Emmanuel Leroy is also a consultant and specialist in the evaluation of professional risks in companies and local authorities. He was involved in promoting Russian foreign policy interests in France and is a co-founder of the association "Urgence Enfants du Donbass" (Emergency for the Children of Donbas), aimed at supporting the Russia-backed separatist in the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” in Eastern Ukraine. French media describes him as part of a pro-Russian lobby within Front National.

His connection to the Russian-occupied territories in the Donbas dates back to 2015, and in 2018 he told Russian media that he had travelled to Donbas six times in his role as President of the organisation "Urgence Enfants du Donbass". Leroy is also a repeat observer of Russian elections and a contributor to Russia’s Valdai Club. In the 2022 referendums, declaring himself an "expert and representative of France”, Leroy claimed that the voting took place in accordance with all norms of international law and everything followed the protocol.

Corsi Enrico

Last name:

Corsi

First name:

Enrico

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Энрико Корси

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.vvox.it/2019/01/15/201872

Notes:

Enrico Corsi is a member of the Italian far-right Northern League (or simply League) which opposes the EU sanctions imposed on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine, and which signed a coordination and cooperation agreement with the ruling Russian party “United Russia” in 2017. He has been the member of the Veneto Regional Council since 2019.

Doligé Éric

Last name:

Doligé

First name:

Éric

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эрик Долиже

Photo:

Picture source:

Picture source: Gentil Hibou/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Notes:

Éric Doligé is a French politician and since September 2020 a member of the High Council of Public Finances attached to the Court of Auditors in France. He was elected as the President of the General Council of Loiret from 1994 to 2015. He sat in the Senate of France from 2001 to 2017. Éric Doligé joined the Republicans (Les Républicains) in 2015 and was affiliated with other parties before that.

Arutyunyan Erik

Last name:

Arutyunyan

First name:

Erik

Country:

Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Versions of names:

Эрик Арутюнян

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.nankr.am/ru/2899

Notes:

2018 was appointed to the position of Member of the permanent foreign relations commission of the “National Assembly” of "Nagorno-Karabakh". He has a degree in history and pedagogy.

Almqvist Erik

Last name:

Almqvist

First name:

Erik

Country:

Sweden

Versions of names:

Эрик Альмквист

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_Almqvist.jpg

Notes:

Erik Almqvist is a former member of the Swedish Democrats, from 2010 to 2013 he was member of the Swedish Riksdag (Parliament). In 2013 Almqvist moved to Hungary. Almqvist is editor in chief of the internet magazine Exakt24.

Svencioniene Erika

Last name:

Svencioniene

First name:

Erika

Country:

Lithuania

Versions of names:

Švenčionienė Erika, Эрика Швенченене

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.delfi.lt/ru/news/live/soratnica-paleckisa-zayavila-chto-bolshe-ne-budet-hodit-na-doprosy-91621887

Notes:

Erika Švenčionienė was the leader of the International Good Neighbor Forum. The Vilnius District Chamber of the District Court of the Vilnius Region decided to liquidate the Forum in February 2023.

Oldudottir Erna

Last name:

Oldudottir

First name:

Erna

Country:

Iceland

Versions of names:

Erna Ýr Öldudóttir, Эрна Олдудоттир

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=566108044&hl=en&q=Oldudottir%09Erna&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj664GXprKBAxWRwAIHHTxKAuwQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=OlYNtArpXSlhIM

Notes:

Erna Ýr Öldudóttir is a journalist from Iceland. She currently publishes predominantly for the Fréttin independent news media that covers current issues both domestically and abroad.

Mchunu Ernest

Last name:

Mchunu

First name:

Ernest

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Versions of names:

Эрнест Мчуну

Photo:

Notes:

Ernest Mchunu is a marketing and management consultant.

Jiménez Morales Ernesto

Last name:

Jiménez Morales

First name:

Ernesto

Country:

Costa Rica

Versions of names:

Эрнесто Хименес Моралес

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.costaricarusia.com/quienes-somos

Notes:

Ernesto Jiménez Morales is the President of the Costa Rica-Russia Chamber of Trade and Tourism.

Licheri Ettore

Last name:

Licheri

First name:

Ettore

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Этторе Личери

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.senato.it/leg/18/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00032653.htm

Notes:

Antonio Licheri is an Italian politician and lawyer, senator of the XVIII legislature for the 5 Star Movement. Chairperson of the EU Policies Committee of Italian Senate since 2018.

Berg Eugène

Last name:

Berg

First name:

Eugène

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эжен Берг

Photo:

Picture source:

https://lesobservateurs.ch/2018/11/22/zoom-eugene-berg-a-la-recherche-de-lordre-mondial

Notes:

Eugène Berg is a retired French Ambassador, who worked in Latin America and Eastern Europe. He is an author of the book "Russie pour les Nuls" and "A la recherche de l’ordre mondial".

Lee Eun Mi

Last name:

Lee

First name:

Eun Mi

Country:

South Korea

Versions of names:

Ын Ми Ли

Bartlett Eva

Last name:

Bartlett

First name:

Eva

Country:

Canada

Versions of names:

Ева Бартлетт, Eva Karene Bartlett

Photo:

Picture source:

https://russiavsworld.org/eva-bartlett-yet-another-independent-journalist-working-for-russia/

Notes:

Eva Bartlett is a Canadian blogger and independent journalist. She contributes op-eds on the Russian state-controlled channel Russia Today's website. She lives in Russia currently.
Bartlett spread disinformation on Syria and appeared on a Syrian government panel at the UN, alleging that the White Helmets staged rescues using "recycled" children in its videos. Currently, she promotes pro-Russian content about the conflict in Ukraine. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) identified her as one of the twelve key Western influencers spreading pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Russo-Ukrainian War. In July 2022, she was a speaker at the Russian-organized sham human rights tribunal - International Public Tribunal on Ukraine - which aimed to gather information to prove allegations of "war crimes by the Kyiv regime, discrimination against its own citizens, persecution on linguistic, national and ideological grounds.”

Pasinetti Fabio

Last name:

Pasinetti

First name:

Fabio

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Фабио Пасинетти, Fabio Pacinetti

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vremyan.ru/news/vybory_v_italii_prohodjat_poka_ne_na_takom_vysokom_urovne_kak_v_rossii__pasinetti.html

Notes:

Fabio Pasinetti is an Italian journalist. Under the pseudonym “Fabio Sapettini” he co-authored a supportive book on the relations between the Northern League and Putin’s Russia.

Bertot Fabrizio

Last name:

Bertot

First name:

Fabrizio

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Фабрицио Берто

Photo:

Picture source:

http://canavesenews.it/news/rivarolo-indagato-lex-sindaco-fabrizio-bertot

Notes:

Fabrizio Bertot is a former MEP (2013-2014)., who held the position of a mayor of Rivarolo Canavese from 2003 to 2012. He observed the illegitimate Crimean “referendum” in March 2014 and the illegitimate “parliamentary elections” in the Russia-occupied parts of Eastern Ukraine in November 2014. He is a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website and criticized the EU sanctions against Russia. Because of his political views, Fabrizio Bertot was forbidden from entering Ukraine in 2018. In 2019 he joined "Fratelli d'Italia" ("Brothers of Italy") and participated in the elections to the European Parliament, but was not elected.

Mukhametshin Farit

Last name:

Mukhametshin

First name:

Farit

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Фарит Мухаметшин

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vedomosti.md/news/farit-muhametshin-moldo-rossijskij-dialog-demonstriruet-pozi

Notes:

Russian diplomat and Member of the Federation Council - representative from the executive body of state power of the Samara region since 2018. From 2003 to 2008 he was the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Uzbekistan; 1995-1999 - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and Representative of Tatarstan to the President of the Russian Federation.

Arena Federico

Last name:

Arena

First name:

Federico

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Федерико Арена

Photo:

Picture source:

https://life.ru/p/1332621

Notes:

Federico Arena is a member of the Italian far-right Northern League party known for its pro-Kremlin positions.

Moragon Fernando

Last name:

Moragon

First name:

Fernando

Country:

Spain

Versions of names:

Фернандо Морагон

Photo:

Picture source:

https://roscongress.org/en/speakers/moragon-fernando/biography/

Notes:

Fernando Moragon is the President of the Hispano-Russian Observatory of Eurasia Association (Observatorio Hispano-Ruso de Eurasia)

Mendoza Fernando Riva

Last name:

Mendoza

First name:

Fernando Riva

Country:

Argentina

Versions of names:

Фернандо Рива Мендоса

Photo:

Ferrara Filippo

Last name:

Ferrara

First name:

Filippo

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Феррара Филиппо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.ventiperquattro.it/2020/07/31/comunali-a-capurso-centro-destra-unito-con-il-candidato-sindaco-avv-filippo-ferrara/

Hughes Francis

Last name:

Hughes

First name:

Francis

Country:

Ireland

Versions of names:

Френсис Хьюз

Photo:

Picture source:

https://fplnr.ru/zhurnalist-iz-irlandii-priezzhayu-v-donbass-podderzhat-zhitelej-kotorye-boryutsya-za-svobodu

Notes:

Francis Hughes is an Irish civil activist, journalist and writer.

d’Aymée François Mauld

Last name:

d’Aymée

First name:

François Mauld

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Франсуа Мод д'Эме / Francois Mauld d'Aymee

Photo:

Picture source:

http://gazeta-dnr.ru/francuz-s-doneckoj-dushoj

Notes:

François Mauld d'Aymée is a French volunteer fighter who arrived in the so-called “Donetsk People's Republic” in 2015 and is now a singer at the Donetsk Symphony Orchestra.

Creyelman Frank

Last name:

Creyelman

First name:

Frank

Country:

Belgium

Versions of names:

Франк Крейельман

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20180924_03780914/creyelman-trekt-laatste-keer-lijst-vlaams-belang

Notes:

Frank Creyelman is an experienced Belgian politician and former Member of the Flemish Parliament (1995-2014). Since 2014 he has been an Honorary MP and a Senator of the Flemish Parliament. He is a city council member in Mechelen. Frank Creyelman observed the illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea in March 2014 and was a part of several other politically biased monitoring missions in Russia and Ukraine.

Obermayr Franz

Last name:

Obermayr

First name:

Franz

Country:

Austria

Boccaletti Frédéric

Last name:

Boccaletti

First name:

Frédéric

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Боккалетти Фредерик

Photo:

Picture source:

https://rassemblementnational.fr/communiques/anathemes-et-amalgames-la-vision-du-debat-de-renaud-muselier-et-sophie-cluzel/

Notes:

Frédéric Boccaletti is a member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front). He is a member of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where he has chaired the National Rally group since 2017. Boccaletti is also a Municipal Councillor at Six-Fours-les-Plages since 2014.

Beraldo Gabriela

Last name:

Beraldo

First name:

Gabriela

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Габриэла Бералдо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=566104123&hl=en&q=Beraldo%09Gabriela+journalist&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=PM7Z0ATuNZfVZM%252CAxQwu3SSWV8fYM%252C_%253BhBkp5jao60BxFM%252C5XsiVueK5THElM%252C_%253BIPvLFPWHzMXTrM%252CAxQwu3SSWV8fYM%252C_%253BHeh07GKMQ6FJKM%252CEjoK2nAk8Y2YSM%252C_%253BwwkmRpZiAkFwbM%252C9DxwepCrMhgn9M%252C_%253B8ew3MD591BUttM%252CAxQwu3SSWV8fYM%252C_%253BhY8frnI9xe4s8M%252CalJ8coxI3pNF-M%252C_%253BiAoNGXoDJTXbJM%252CAxQwu3SSWV8fYM%252C_%253B9VIQ8sLPJm8AAM%252C1EtimuiZji_RZM%252C_%253B47KWyWY6zTffdM%252C5ecv_oUD0uWc_M%252C_&usg=AI4_-kR6PNLhlTj_wji3cl-GRS7D1xmKXg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN-4SalrKBAxXzg_0HHRZrCy0Q7Al6BAgaEBM&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=PM7Z0ATuNZfVZM

Notes:

Gabriela Beraldo is a journalist working as a reporter at Yahoo News.

Shlenskova Galina

Last name:

Shlenskova

First name:

Galina

Country:

Moldova (Transnistria)

Versions of names:

Галина Шленскова

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.cikpmr.com/index.php/o-komisii/sostavy-komissii/sostav-tsik-pmr-v-2018-godu

Notes:

Secretary of the "Central Election Commission" of the unrecognized "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic". She was appointed to the commission by the "Council of People’s Deputies" of Slobodzeysky District and the town of Slobodzeya.

Jili Ge

Last name:

Jili

First name:

Ge

Country:

China

Versions of names:

Ге Джили / Ge Zhili

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.iafc-forum.com/about-us

Notes:

Ge Zhili is a private businesses. He is the member of an international association "Friends of Crimea" and the head of the Chinese Association of Crimean Compatriots.

Kline Preston IV George

Last name:

Kline Preston IV

First name:

George

Country:

USA

Versions of names:

Джордж Клайн Престон IV

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/thealleyeceeing/status/1006848386669142016

Notes:

G. Kline Preston, IV is an American lawyer who authored books about Russian regulations. Among Preston's Russian clients is Alexander Torshin, a prominent Russian politician who has close ties to President Vladimir Putin. In early 2018, Torshin came under scrutiny for illegally channeling Russian funds to the National Rifle Association in an effort to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Eliason George

Last name:

Eliason

First name:

George

Country:

USA

Versions of names:

Джордж Элиасон

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/gheliason

Notes:

George Eliason is an American investigative journalist, covering the war in Donbas. His articles were published at Mint Press News, the Security Assistance Monitor, Washingtons Blog, OpedNews, Consortium News and others.

Muradov Georgiy

Last name:

Muradov

First name:

Georgiy

Country:

Ukraine (Crimea)

Versions of names:

Георгий Мурадов

Photo:

Picture source:

http://zampolit.com/dossier/muradov-georgiy-lvovich

Notes:

Diplomat and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation since 2014. Advisor to the Mayor of Moscow.

Ferretti Gian Luigi

Last name:

Ferretti

First name:

Gian Luigi

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Жан Луиджи Ферретти

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.italiachiamaitalia.it/italiani-nel-mondo-gian-luigi-ferretti-responsabile-relazioni-internazionali-ugl

Notes:

Gian Luigi Ferretti is a diplomat, head of the Department of International Relations at the General Labour Union. For 14 years (until October 2018) he was a member of the General Council of Italians Abroad (Il Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero C.G.I.E.).

Vestuto Gianfranco

Last name:

Vestuto

First name:

Gianfranco

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Джанфранко Вистуто

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.legasud.it/segretario.htm

Notes:

Gianfranco Vestuto is an Italian journalist and the leader of a minor right-wing political party, Lega Sud Ausonia, which was founded as a sister party to Lega Nord before splitting. In addition, since 2013 he has been the editor-in-chief of a pro-Russian news site, Russia News. Between 2011 and 2013 he was the Director of the newspaper "La Nostra Gazzetta".

Savoini Gianluca

Last name:

Savoini

First name:

Gianluca

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Джанлука Савоини

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/salvinis-tueroeffner-wird-zur-belastung/story/10882669

Notes:

Gianluca Savoini is the President of the Lombardy-Russia Cultural Association that promotes the Kremlin’s policies. Savoini took part in the politically biased electoral monitoring mission at the Russian regional elections in September 2017. In the summer of 2018, there was a series of journalistic inquiries, according to which Gianluca Savoini was allegedly involved in a commercial deal between Russian and Italian companies that would lead to illegal financing of Italian politicians, especially from the League.

Ferrari Gianmatteo

Last name:

Ferrari

First name:

Gianmatteo

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Джианматтео Феррари

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/gmatteoferrari

Notes:

Gianmatteo Ferrari is a secretary of the Lombardy-Russia Cultural Association that promotes the Kremlin’s policies.

Micalessin Giannantonio

Last name:

Micalessin

First name:

Giannantonio

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Gian Micalessin, Джанантонио Микалессин, Джан Микалессин

Photo:

Picture source:

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Micalessin#/media/File:Micalessin.jpeg

Notes:

Giannantonio Micalessin is an Italian journalist. In 1983 together with two others he founded the Albatross Press Agency, a journalistic agency specializing in international political reporting with particular attention to conflict areas. He is the author of an investigative documentary film Ukraine, the Hidden Truths (2017).

Doctorow Gilbert

Last name:

Doctorow

First name:

Gilbert

Country:

USA

Versions of names:

Гилберт Доктороу

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-look-at-the-russian-presidential-election-from-crimea

Notes:

Gilbert Doctorow is the European Coordinator and Board Member of the American Committee for East-West Accord Ltd. He often takes part in debates dedicated to the confrontation of the West and the East over Ukraine. He has published two books on US-Russian relations.

Collard Gilbert

Last name:

Collard

First name:

Gilbert

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Гилберт Коллар, Жильбер Коллар

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.liberation.fr/france/2018/06/14/gilbert-collard-vise-par-une-plainte-pour-viol_1659090

Notes:

Gilbert Collard is a French writer, barrister and a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Since 2012 he serves as the Secretary-General of the Rassemblement bleu Marine (RBM), a right-wing political association and think-tank supporting Marine Le Pen.

As a member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) until 2022, he was a member of the French National Assembly from 2012 to 2019. Gilbert Collard joined the National Rally in 2018 and left it in January 2022 for Éric Zemmour's Reconquête party.

Vaičekauskas Gintaras

Last name:

Vaičekauskas

First name:

Gintaras

Country:

Lithuania

Versions of names:

Gintaras Vaicekauskas / Гинтарас Вайчекаускас

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35299&p_k=1&p_a=498&p_asm_id=79155

Notes:

Gintaras Vaičekauskas is a Lithuanian politician, a television journalist and editor, working in the city of Klaipėda. Member of the Seimas (2016-2020) from the political group Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis (Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania) and Member of the Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan. Served in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.

Chiesa Giulietto

Last name:

Chiesa

First name:

Giulietto

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Джульетто Кьеза

Photo:

Picture source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulietto_Chiesa

Notes:

Giulietto Chiesa was an Italian journalist, author, lecturer and politician. He was an MEP in 2004-2009, supporting during this time "Italia dei Valori" party (Italy of Values) and later - ALDE, PSE. For many years, he was a supporter of the Kremlin’s policies and a regular commentator for the Italian edition of the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website. In December 2014, he was detained and then deported from Estonia for his apparent involvement in the Russian influence operations. In September 2016, he participated in the politically biased observation mission at the regional elections in Russia, and, in October the same year, Giulietto Chiesa observed the illegitimate “primary regional elections” in the so-called “Donetsk People's Republic”. 2017 he founded a new party called "La Mossa del Cavallo" (Knight Move), which later was renamed into "Una Lista del Popolo" (People's List for the Constitution). The party did not obtain any seats after 2018 parliamentarian elections.

Genovese Giuseppe Luca

Last name:

Genovese

First name:

Giuseppe Luca

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Джузеппе Лука Дженовезе

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.quotidianodigela.it/in-russia-per-le-elezioni-genovese-sistemi-allavanguardia-contatti-importanti/

Notes:

Giuseppe Luca Genovese is from the city of Gela from Sicily. He is a member of the Italian party “League of North” (Lega Nord).

Petronijevic Goran

Last name:

Petronijevic

First name:

Goran

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Petronijević Goran, Горан Петраневич

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=566104123&hl=en&q=Petronijevi%C4%87%09Goran&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiImqO7nbKBAxWb_rsIHTfwDb0Q0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=KOfJQYpK4sSIKM

Notes:

Goran Petronijević is a Serbian lawyer and former judge. He is the founder of the Movement for Serbia, the media outlet Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express) and the non-governmental organization Center for the Restoration of International Law.

Simpraga Goran

Last name:

Simpraga

First name:

Goran

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Šimpraga Goran, Горан Шимпрага

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=566108044&hl=en&q=%C5%A0impraga%09Goran+Express+Ruso&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0u62en7KBAxX2h_0HHaK5DiIQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=GJ6nj524sYCSKM

Notes:

Goran Šimpraga is the Director of the Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express) - a pro-Kremlin media outlet in Serbia.

Villani Graziarosa

Last name:

Villani

First name:

Graziarosa

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Грация-Роза Вилани

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.letuelezioni.it/insegnanti/graziarosa-villani.htm

Notes:

Graziarosa Villani os an Italian journalist. She is a correspondent at OrticaWeb - an Italian online news portal.

Simons Gregory

Last name:

Simons

First name:

Gregory

Country:

Sweden / New Zealand

Versions of names:

Грегори Саймонс

Photo:

Picture source:

https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N2-476

Notes:

Gregory Simons is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University. He is a member of the pro-Kremlin and pro-Assad Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media. Organised a lecture delivered by a British pro-Putin and pro-Assad activist Vanessa Beeley at the Uppsala University’s International Summer School in 2018.

Dyachenko Gregory

Last name:

Dyachenko

First name:

Gregory

Country:

Moldova (Transnistria)

Versions of names:

Григорий Дьяченко / Grigory Dyachenko

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vspmr.org/structure/deputies/djyachenko-grigoriy-ivanovich

Notes:

Gregory Dyachenko is the deputy of the “Supreme Soviet” of the so-called “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic”. He is the member of the "Commission on Foreign Policy and International Relations".

Jullien Grégory Elie Albert

Last name:

Jullien

First name:

Grégory Elie Albert

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Грегори Эли Альберт Жюльен

Photo:

Picture source:

https://m.deu.belta.by/society/view/meinung-belarus-nimmt-wichtige-geopolitische-rolle-in-europa-ein-46526-2019

Notes:

Grégory Elie Albert Jullien is the President of the Eurasian Strategic Council (Belgium based association), and a Political Adviser in the European Parliament.

Mărăcuță Grigore

Last name:

Mărăcuță

First name:

Grigore

Country:

Moldova (Transnistria)

Versions of names:

Grigori Marakuza / Григоре Маракуцэ / Григорий Маракуца

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2008/04/080428_interviu_maracuta.shtml

Notes:

Grigore Mărăcuță is the member of the Supreme Council of the so-called “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic”, chair of the "Council" from 1991 to 2005. He was running for a president in the country's first election in 1991. Grigore Mărăcuță is Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly “For Democracy and the Rights of Peoples”.

Beck Gunnar

Last name:

Beck

First name:

Gunnar

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Гуннар Бек

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/132191/GUNNAR_BECK/home

Notes:

Gunnar Beck is a German politician, academic and lawyer. He is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany party since the 2019 elections. Currently, Beck holds the position of deputy chairman of the AfD in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Identity & Democracy Group. He is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, among others.

Lindemann Gunnar Norbert

Last name:

Lindemann

First name:

Gunnar Norbert

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Гуннар Линдеманн

Photo:

Picture source:

http://picdeer.org/gunnar_norbert_lindemann_mda

Notes:

Gunnar Norbert Lindemann is a member of the Berlin State Parliament. He won the 2016 election to the Berlin House of Representatives of the constituency Marzahn-Hellersdorf 1 as a direct candidate of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. He is a member of the “Russian Germans for the AfD” group within the AfD.

In February 2018, Lindemann, together with several other members of the AfD, illegally travelled to Crimea, and in April that year participated in the Yalta International Economic Forum, held in Russia-annexed Crimea. The same year, Lindemann observed the illegitimate general elections in the DPR. In 2019 Lindemann observed the first round of the presidential elections in Russia-occupied Abkhazia.

Lopez Hagobian Sebastián

Last name:

Lopez

First name:

Hagobian Sebastián

Country:

Uruguay

Versions of names:

Себастьян Аговьян Лопес

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=566104123&hl=en&q=Lopez+Hagobian+Sebasti%C3%A1n&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihjPj7mbKBAxXNMewKHYS2DRsQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1396&bih=679&dpr=1.38#imgrc=6Ajd5mT9udTpxM

Notes:

Sebastián Hagobian Lopez is the President of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (Conferencia Permanente de Partidos Politicos da America Latina e Caribe - COPPPAL). He is in the International Relations Division of the Montevideo Municipality and is a member of the Socialist Party of Uruguay.

Hamid Hamid Bari

Last name:

Hamid

First name:

Hamid Bari

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Хамид Бари Хамид

Photo:

Picture source:

https://parliament.bg/en/MP/2434

Notes:

Hamid Bari Hamid is a Bulgarian lawyer and a politician from the MRF party. He is a member of PACE and a member of the 43rd National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. He graduated from the Burgas Free University with a degree in law.

Dünn Hans-Wilhelm

Last name:

Dünn

First name:

Hans-Wilhelm

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Ханс-Вильгельм Дюнн

Photo:

Picture source:

http://cyberseries.io/team/hans-wilhelm-dunn

Notes:

Hans-Wilhelm Dünn is the President of the Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland e.V. / Cyber-Security Council of Germany since 2018. From 2021 he is a Lecturer for criminalistics at University of the Police of the State of Brandenburg.

From 2007 to 2009, he worked as a Personal Assistant to the Minister’s Office of Economic Affairs and the Deputy Minister-President of the Federal State of Brandenburg.

Vilimsky Harald

Last name:

Vilimsky

First name:

Harald

Country:

Austria

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125001/HARALD_VILIMSKY/home

Notes:

Harald Vilimsky is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs - FPÖ / Freedom Party of Austria which is part of the Identity and Democracy Group in the EP. As an MEP, Vilimsky is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Hübner Hartmut

Last name:

Hübner

First name:

Hartmut

Country:

Germany

Versions of names:

Хартмут Хьюбнер

Photo:

Notes:

Hartmut Hübner is a journalist and correspondent, worked as a medical journalist for the »Leipziger Volkszeitung« from 1990 and went to Moscow as a correspondent in 1997. Hartmut Hübner and Ludmila Hübner work for the German pro-Kremlin website Russland.NEWS.

Laporte Hélène

Last name:

Laporte

First name:

Hélène

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Элен Лапорт

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Laporte.jpg

Notes:

Hélène Laporte is a French politician. A member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front), she has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Since 2022, she is the President of the French delegation of the Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament. In the EP, she is a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly, among others. Laporte was a Regional Councillor for Nouvelle-Aquitaine between 2016 and 2021.

Weber Hendrik

Last name:

Weber

First name:

Hendrik

Country:

Norway

Versions of names:

Хендрик Вебер

Photo:

Picture source:

Riafan.ru (https://riafan.ru/1172108-narodnyi-diplomat-norvegii-rasskazal-pochemu-boretsya-za-priznanie-kryma-rossiiskim)

Notes:

Hendrik Weber is a free author, journalist and chairman of the NGO "People's Diplomacy - Norway". Mr. Weber regularly visits the annexed Crimea and occupied areas of Donbas.

Domingues Henrique

Last name:

Domingues

First name:

Henrique

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Энрике Домингес, Enrique Dominguez

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/rikedomingues/photo

Notes:

Henrique Domingues is a student at St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance pursuing a Master's degree in International Business and Trade. He is also the International Relations Assistant to the Chairmanship of the International Municipal BRICS+ Forum promoting international cooperation between cities and regions of the BRICS countries.

Juvin Hervé

Last name:

Juvin

First name:

Hervé

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Эрве Жювен, Эрве Ив Мари Клод Жувен

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9zMMTPfwN48

Notes:

Hervé Juvin is a Member of the European Parliament elected in 2019. Among other committees, he is a member of the Delegation for relations with India.

Heading the list of National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) in the 2021 regional elections in the Pays de la Loire, Juvin was elected Regional Councillor. He is the President and founder of Eurogroup Institute, author of books on economics, finance and management, former columnist for Le Monde, L'Expansion and Enjeux/Les Echos. He is an author of the books "La Production du Monde" and "The Coming of the Body". Juvin is an ex-adviser to the French presidential candidate and former minister of ecology Corinne Lepage.

Fayard Hubert

Last name:

Fayard

First name:

Hubert

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Юбер Файяр

Photo:

Picture source:

Bertrand Langlois/AFP (https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/04/11/l-ambassadeur-des-separatistes-ukrainiens-en-france-mis-en-examen-pour-proxenetisme_5448889_3210.html)

Notes:

Hubert Fayard is a former member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front). He was Catherine Mégret's first assistant when she was the mayor of Vitrolles. After his trip to Donetsk in June 2017, Hubert Fayard opened in Marseille the "official representation" of the so-called "People's Republic of Donetsk" in France. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence brought the association to court and asked for its dissolution. However, the court rejected the request in 2018. French justice finally pronounced the dissolution of the association in March 2021. In 2007, Hubert Fayard opened a dating agency, Amour de Russie, registered at the same address as the "representation" of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic".

Hubert Fayard was sentenced to two years imprisonment in March 2021 and he was put on probation for “aggravated pimping”.

Paredes Humberto

Last name:

Paredes

First name:

Humberto

Country:

Paraguay

Versions of names:

Умберто Паредес

Photo:

Picture source:

https://medium.com/@HumberParpa/has-recommended

Notes:

Humberto Paredes is the Director of International Relations of the National Secretariat for Youth (SNJ) in Paraguay.

Corrêa Carvalho Humberto Setembrino

Last name:

Corrêa Carvalho

First name:

Humberto Setembrino

Country:

Brazil

Versions of names:

Умберто Сетембрино Коррика

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.jornaldocomercio.com/site/noticia.php?codn=40538

Notes:

Humberto Setembrino Corrêa Carvalho graduated with a degree in law and joined the PCB party 1961. Now he is a former attorney of the province of Rio Grande do Sul. In 2008, Humberto Carvalho was a candidate for vice-mayor of Porto Alegre, in a coalition with the PSTU, and a candidate for governor in 2010.

Refaat Ibrahim Ismail

Last name:

Refaat

First name:

Ibrahim Ismail

Country:

Egypt

Versions of names:

Измаил Рефат, إسماعيل رفعت

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84+%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA&newwindow=1&sca_esv=566090906&bih=679&biw=1396&hl=en&ei=CBsHZYTqLp6-i-gP0fyliAU&ved=0ahUKEwiEjori-rGBAxUe3wIHHVF-CVEQ4dUDCBA&oq=%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84+%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiF9il2LPZhdin2LnZitmEINix2YHYudiqMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5IuQpQsAJYsAJwAXgAkAEAmAGPAaABjwGqAQMwLjG4AQzIAQD4AQH4AQKoAgrCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOoCGLQC2AEBwgIQEAAYAxiPARjqAhi0AtgBAeIDBBgAIEGIBgG6BgQIARgK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&bshm=rimc/1#vhid=_k2iQHzqcntTnM&vssid=l

Notes:

Ismail Refaat Ibrahim is a journalist of Youm Al-Sabaa, and a lecturer of journalism at the Lyon International Academy based in Egypt.

Damjanović Igor

Last name:

Damjanović

First name:

Igor

Country:

Montenegro

Versions of names:

Игорь Дамьянович

Photo:

Picture source:

https://topspb.tv/news/2020/06/27/bolee-762-tysyach-peterburzhcev-uzhe-progolosovali-po-voprosu-popravok-k-konstitucii

Notes:

Igor Damjanovic is a pro-Russian and anti-NATO activist and journalist writing for the Montenegrin IN4S website. He is also a regular commentator for Russian "state - and church - aligned media".

Tamim Ikhlas Mohammad

Last name:

Tamim

First name:

Ikhlas Mohammad

Country:

Afghanistan

Versions of names:

Эхлас Тамим Мохаммад, Ихлас Мохаммад Тамим, Ехлас Тамим Мохаммад

Photo:

Picture source:

Picture source: Black Sea News (https://www.blackseanews.net/read/142224)

Notes:

Ikhlas Mohammad Tamim is the CEO of "Lissantorg" which activity is connected to restaurants and food delivery services. In addition, he is a member of the Association for the Promotion and Development of Afghani Youth, which is actively involved in representing his country in Russia. Ekhlas observed the illegitimate Russian presidential election in annexed Crimea in 2018 and the all-Russian voting on amendments to the constitution in Russia in 2020.

Rizk Imad

Last name:

Rizk

First name:

Imad

Country:

Lebanon

Versions of names:

Имад Ризк

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.enu.kz/ru/info/novosti-enu/52164

Notes:

Imad Rizk is the Director of the Institute for Strategic and Communication Studies in Lebanon (Isticharia-ISCS).

Todorova Anastasova Irena

Last name:

Todorova Anastasova

First name:

Irena

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Ирена Тодорова Анастасова

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parliament.bg/en/MP/2676

Notes:

Irena Anastasova is a Bulgarian politician. She was a member of the National assembly from Juni 2014 to August 2014 and from April 2017. She is a member of the pro-Kremlin “Bulgaria – Russia Friendship” group in the Bulgarian parliament.

Karamushkina Irina

Last name:

Karamushkina

First name:

Irina

Country:

Kyrgyzstan

Versions of names:

Ирина Карамушкина

Photo:

Picture source:

http://respub.kg/2019/05/24/gore-ot-uma-ili-obizhennaya-irina-karamushkina

Notes:

Irina Karamushkina is a Kyrgyz politician, who was responsible for the educational policy of Bishkek. She was the deputy of the Supreme Council of IV, V and VI convocations. In 2015, she became a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security. Irina Karamushkina left SDPK party in 2020.

Dianova Irina

Last name:

Dianova

First name:

Irina

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Ирина Дианова

Photo:

Picture source:

http://oddr.info/people_from/frakcii

Notes:

Member of the "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic". Chairman of the "Provisional Commission on harmonisation of interaction with public authorities". Deputy Chairman of "Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Policy".

Márquez Isaac

Last name:

Márquez

First name:

Isaac

Country:

Chile

Versions of names:

Иссак Маркес

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.ostro.org/donetsk/politics/articles/557973/?USE_DESKTOP=1

Notes:

Isaac Márquez is a volunteer who has officially become a citizen of the DNR.

Dinev Ivaylo

Last name:

Dinev

First name:

Ivaylo

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Ивайло Динев

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.phd-pei.org/ivaylo-mihaylov-dinev.html

Notes:

Ivaylo Dinev is a Bulgarian political activist and journalist. He is one of the founders and authors of the independent online journal “dVersia.net” for political, social, and cultural analyses.

Starc Ivo

Last name:

Starc

First name:

Ivo

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Иво Старк

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.primorski.eu/se/ivo-starc-o-platformi-rousseau-FY203878

Notes:

Ivo Starc is an Italian from Trieste. He works UnipolSai Assicurazioni - an insurance company and is sometime quoted by Slovenian media.

Myard Jacques

Last name:

Myard

First name:

Jacques

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жак Мияр

Photo:

Picture source:

https://alchetron.com/Jacques-Myard#jacques-myard-0553b6a1-8d51-4daf-ad60-30e0adbb161-resize-750.jpeg

Notes:

Jacques Myard is the Mayor of Maisons-Laffitte since 1989 and has been most recently reelected in 2020. Myard was a member of the National Assembly of France between 1993 and 2017. He was the General Councilor of Yvelines between 1988 and 1993. He was one of the founding members of La Droite Populaire (The Popular Right), a movement located on the right-wing of Les Républicains (The Republicans).

Čarnogurský Ján

Last name:

Čarnogurský

First name:

Ján

Country:

Slovakia

Versions of names:

Ян Чарногурский

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.pametnaroda.cz/en/carnogursky-jan-1944

Notes:

Ján Čarnogurský is a former Prime Minister of Slovakia (1991-1992) and a former Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic (1998-2002). He is the president of the Slovak-Russian Society that called upon the Slovak authorities not to support the EU sanctions against Russia. He regularly comments for the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website. He is the head of the Coordinating Council of the International Association "Friends of Crimea".

Penris Jan

Last name:

Penris

First name:

Jan

Country:

Belgium

Versions of names:

Ян Пенрис

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190222_04197913

Notes:

Jan Penris is a Belgian politician, who was a City councilor of Antwerp from 1995 to 2012 and was elected again in 2019. 1995-2014 he was a Flemish Member of Parliament, from 2014 to 2019 - Member of Parliament. He also observed the illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea in March 2014.

Brinks Jan Herman

Last name:

Brinks

First name:

Jan Herman

Country:

Netherlands

Versions of names:

Ян Херман Бринкс

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vandebutanttotbestseller.nl/42-zelf-debuteren/43-schrijvers-over-hun-eigen-debuut/136-jan-herman-brinks

Notes:

Jan Herman Brinks is a historian, journalist and writer. In 2017 and 2019 he was artist-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute in Saint Petersburg/Russia. Since 2009 he has been an Associate Member of the Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ).

Atkinson Janice

Last name:

Atkinson

First name:

Janice

Country:

United Kingdom

Versions of names:

Дженис Аткинсон

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.janiceatkinson.co.uk/2017/03/janice-atkinson-supreme-court-ruling

Notes:

Janice Atkinson is a British politician. She formerly represented the UK Independence Party, that opposed the EU’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine, and later sat as an independent (from 2015). From 2014 to 2019 she was the Member of the European Parliament for South East England.

Velasco Janlisbert

Last name:

Velasco

First name:

Janlisbert

Country:

Venezuela

Versions of names:

Янлисберт Веласко

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXcuQbwtfWS/

Notes:

Janlisbert Velascois was the President of the Mission Sucre between 2017 and 2020, working on a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs implemented by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Currently, she is an Official ambassador of the International Municipal BRICS Forum.

Putkonen Janus

Last name:

Putkonen

First name:

Janus

Country:

Finland

Versions of names:

Янус Путконен

Photo:

Picture source:

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finn_leads_ukraine_rebels_media_effort/8423320

Notes:

Janus Putkonen is a Finnish journalist. He founded the so-called DONi-News media company disseminating disinformation and propaganda from Donetsk.

Putkonen moved to Donetsk in summer 2015. Currently he is in Lugansk. He is the chief editor of the Uusi MV-Lehti - a Finnish online news website.

Niedźwiecki Janusz

Last name:

Niedźwiecki

First name:

Janusz

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Janusz Niedzwiecki / Януш Недзвецкий

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLV7zSX_YPw

Notes:

Janusz Niedźwiecki is the President of the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), a non-profit Brussels-based organisation. In 2015-2016, he was associated with the non-registered pro-Russian political party "Change" (Zmiana). He took part, as a coordinator, in the workings of the “electoral monitoring mission” Political Initiative. After “observing” the Ukrainian regional elections, he plunged into pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian activities. The Russian disinformation resource Sputnik News would present him as a “Polish independent commentator”. In 2017 Niedźwiecki took part in the congress of the pro-Kremlin National-Bolshevik movement “Essence of Time”, founded and headed by Sergey Kurginyan.

Ekman Jarmo

Last name:

Ekman

First name:

Jarmo

Country:

Finland

Versions of names:

Ярмо Экман

Photo:

Picture source:

http://lug-info.com/news/one/zhelayuschikh-progolosovat-tak-mnogo-chto-oni-stoyat-v-ocheredyakh-nablyudatel-iz-finlyandii-40165

Notes:

Jarmo Ekman is the secretary of the Finland-Novorossiya Friendship Society.

Kohlíček Jaromír

Last name:

Kohlíček

First name:

Jaromír

Country:

Czech Republic

Versions of names:

Яромир Количек / Jaromir Kohlicek

Photo:

Picture source:

https://euractiv.cz/section/eurovolby-2019/interview/jaromir-kohlicek-demokracie-neni-anarchie-eu-se-musi-vratit-k-selskemu-rozumu

Notes:

Jaromír Kohlíček is a Czech politician and a former MEP (2004-2014, 2016-2019). He was a Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2004. Jaromír Kohlíček consistently called for the lifting of the “anti-Russian” sanctions and took part and was part of the politically biased observation mission at the 2018 regional elections in Russia. In March 2017, he visited Syria together with Agramunt and Slutsky to meet Russia-backed Syrian leader Assad.

Vasek Jaromir

Last name:

Vasek

First name:

Jaromir

Country:

Czech Republic

Versions of names:

Jaromír Vašek, Jiří Vašek

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/Posledniskaut/status/1579738928457797632/photo/1

Notes:

Jaromír Vašek is a correspondent of the Czech newspaper “Naše pravda” (Our truth) and he is allegedly the chairman of the Society of Friends of the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donbas People's Republic - a legal entity registered in Prague. After being referred by the Russian News agency TASS as an international election observer at the sham referendum in territories occupied by Russia, Vašek reacted by saying he was in the occupied regions as an independent journalist.

Holík Jaroslav

Last name:

Holík

First name:

Jaroslav

Country:

Czech Republic

Versions of names:

Ярослав Голик, Ярослав Холик, Jaroslav Holik

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.psp.cz/en/sqw/detail.sqw?id=6198

Notes:

Jaroslav Holík is a Czech politician with a pro-Kremlin position, who illegally traveled to Crimea. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013. In 2002-2014 he was a village councilor Březůvky to Zlin. In 2015, Jaroslav Holík joined the movement SPD.

Doubrava Jaroslav

Last name:

Doubrava

First name:

Jaroslav

Country:

Czech Republic

Versions of names:

Ярослав Дубрава

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.senat.cz/senatori/index.php?lng=en&par_3=92

Notes:

Jaroslav Doubrava is a member of the Severočeši.cz party (North Bohemia.cz), elected during the elections to the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2016 (current mandate till 2022). He is a senator for the district Ústí nad Labem from 2010 and a former mayor of Telnice. From 1990 to 2010 he was a member of the communist party KSČM (the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia). In 2014 he participated as an election observer in illegal elections in the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" in the east of Ukraine.

Gromadzki Jarosław

Last name:

Gromadzki

First name:

Jarosław

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Громадзки Ярослав

Photo:

Picture source:

https://gp24.pl/jaroslaw-gromadzki-otwiera-biuro-poselskie-w-slupsku-rozmowa/ar/4847607

Notes:

Jarosław Gromadzki - Polish computer scientist and politician, member of the Sejm of the 7th term.

Cadet Jean

Last name:

Cadet

First name:

Jean

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жан Каде

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.peoples.ru/state/ambassador/jean_cadet

Notes:

Jean Cadet is a former ambassador of France to Russia (2003-2006). He is a member of the pro-Kremlin French-Russian Dialogue Association.

Bouchet Jean-Claude

Last name:

Bouchet

First name:

Jean-Claude

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жан-Клод Эдмон Буше

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=291986892949240&set=a.291986856282577

Notes:

Jean-Claude Bouchet is a French politician, and member of the Republicans party (Les Républicains). He has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2007. He was the Mayor of Cavaillon from 2008 to 2017. Before 2008, he was a General Councilor of Vaucluse since 2002.

Lacapelle Jean-Lin

Last name:

Lacapelle

First name:

Jean-Lin

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жан-Лен Лякапель

Photo:

Picture source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Lin-Lacapelle_PE2020.jpg

Notes:

Jean-Lin Lacapelle is a French politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. Among other committees, he is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Lacapelle is a member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) since the 1980s and has held various leading positions within the party's bodies since 2016. He was a Regional Councillor for the French region of Centre-Val de Loire from 1998 to 2010 and a Regional Councillor for Île-de-France from 2015 to 2021. From 2016 to 2018 he was the Deputy Secretary-General of the National Rally.

Reitzer Jean-Luc

Last name:

Reitzer

First name:

Jean-Luc

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жан-Люк Рейтцер

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA2529

Notes:

Jean-Luc Reitzer is a member of the National Assembly of France since 1988, representing the 3rd district of Haut-Rhin. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and works as a full member of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

He studied at the Strasbourg Institute of Political Studies and began his career in the private sector as a corporate executive, being in charge of social relations at Peugeot-Citroën. 1977 he was involved in politics as the Deputy Mayor of the city of Altkirch in the Sundgau. Between 1983 and 2017 he was the Mayor of Altkirch and between 1986 and 1988 he was a member of the Regional Council of Alsace.

Vernochet Jean-Michel

Last name:

Vernochet

First name:

Jean-Michel

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жан-Мишель Верноше

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.geopolintel.fr/article936.html

Notes:

Jean-Michel Vernochet is a French geopolitologist, journalist and essayist. He is a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled Sputnik website and has supported Russia’s cooperation with Assad regime in Syria.

Arnoldy-Sich Jeanine

Last name:

Arnoldy-Sich

First name:

Jeanine

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жанин Арнольди Зих

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6GaAK37gJk

Notes:

Jeanine Arnoldy Sich is a chairman of the Board of Trustees of the charitable foundations "Zhiva" and "Capital of Mercy".

Lambert Jérôme

Last name:

Lambert

First name:

Jérôme

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жером Ламбер, Jerome Lambert

Photo:

Picture source:

https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7765/lambert

Notes:

Jérôme Lambert is a member of the National Assembly of the French Parliament since 1986. He was the youngest member of the Parliament when first elected at the age of 28 and since 2017 he has held the record for seniority. Currently, he is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National Assembly. Lambert is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he has been since 2017 a member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities.

Kwasniewski Jerzy

Last name:

Kwasniewski

First name:

Jerzy

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Jerzy Kwaśniewski

Photo:

Picture source:

https://ordoiuris.pl/adw-jerzy-kwasniewski

Notes:

Jerzy Kwaśniewski is the President of the Management Board and co-founder of the Ordo Iuris Institute, a Polish conservative think-tank that sent n 18-strong mission to observe the Hungarian elections. The arrival of the mission, headed by Kwaśniewski, was personally noted by Orbán’s government's international spokesman Zoltán Kovács. Kwaśniewski is also a lecturer at the Collegium Intermarium University in Poland which is affiliated with the Ordo Iuris Institute. The post-election reports from Ordo Iuris Institute, published in cooperation with Collegium Intermarium University, argue against OSCE ODIHR’s report.

Korols Jevgenijs

Last name:

Korols

First name:

Jevgenijs

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Евгенис Королс

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2258628071071374

Notes:

Jevgenijs Korols is one of the leaders of the Latvian anti-immigrant, eurosceptic and openly pro-Russian "Action party" (Rīcības Partija). In 2019, he participated as a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament on the list of "Action party", but he was not elected.

Nhampossa João

Last name:

Nhampossa

First name:

João

Country:

Mozambique

Versions of names:

Жоао Нхампосса

Photo:

Picture source:

https://clubofmozambique.com/news/tete-mozambican-bar-association-criticises-court-ruling-on-marara-resettlement

Notes:

João Nhampossa is a Mozambican lawyer and human rights activist.

Guerriau Joël

Last name:

Guerriau

First name:

Joël

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жоэль Геррио

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.senat.fr/senateur/guerriau_joel11064n.html

Notes:

Joël Guerriau is a Senator for Loire-Atlantique elected into the French Senate in 2011. He is the Secretary of the Senate and the Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Armed Forces. He heads the senatorial delegation within the framework of the European defense and security policy. Guerriau was the Mayor of Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire from 1995 to 2017 and General Councillor of Loire-Atlantique from 1996 to 2011. He is a founding member of the Union of Democrats and Independents party.

Bäckman Johan

Last name:

Bäckman

First name:

Johan

Country:

Finland

Versions of names:

Бекман, Йохан

Photo:

Picture source:

Picture source: Matti Paavonen/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0

Notes:

Johan Bäckman is a Finnish social scientist, doctor of political science and author of several books. He is a Chairperson of a radical political organisation Finnish Anti-Fascist Committee (SAFKA), which was established in 2008. Johan Bäckman often appears in the Russian media commenting on Finnish-Russian relations and has been declared persona non grata in Estonia and Moldova. He participated as a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament (2009) and the Finnish Parliament (2011) on the list of Workers' Party of Finland, but was not elected. In May 2014 Bäckman declared himself a representative of the separatist "Donetsk People's Republic" (DPR) in Finland. He frequently travelled to the DPR and observed its so-caled primary regional elections in 2016 and the "general elections" in 2018. In October 2018, Bäckman received a 12-month suspended jail sentence for aggravated defamation and stalking of Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro, who investiated pro-Kremlin Internet trolls. In 2019 he also observed the illegitimate parliamentary elections in the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia occupied by Russia.

Hübner Johannes

Last name:

Hübner

First name:

Johannes

Country:

Austria

Versions of names:

Иоганн Хюбнер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_51561

Notes:

Johannes Hübner is an Austrian lawyer and politician. From 2008 to 2017, he was the FPÖ spokesman on Foreign Affairs. Now he is the legal advisor to the FPÖ. Johannes Hübner observed the illegitimate Crimean “referendum” in March 2014. He was posted From the FPÖ to the federal election authority for the 2017 and 2019 national council elections.

Bosnitch John

Last name:

Bosnitch

First name:

John

Country:

Canada

Versions of names:

Джон Боснич

Photo:

Picture source:

https://jbosnitch.wordpress.com/about

Notes:

John Bosnitch is a Canadian journalist, consultant, and political activist. He is also the Director of GroundZero D.O.O., a general services company in Belgrade, Serbia, that is developing tourism-related projects in the region. John Bosnitch also heads the InterMedia Center news agency, specializing in reporting on conflict and development in the region of the former Yugoslavia. He regularly comments for the Russian state-controlled media such as RT and Sputnik.

Jimenez John Keiler

Last name:

Jimenez

First name:

John Keiler

Country:

Venezuela

Versions of names:

Джон Кейлер Хименес

Notes:

John Keiler Jimenez is reported by the Russian media as a representative of the election monitoring NGO Social Project, but no mention of such an organization in Venezuela could be found.

Hellevig Jon Krister

Last name:

Hellevig

First name:

Jon Krister

Country:

Finland

Versions of names:

Йон Хеллевиг

Photo:

Picture source:

https://alchetron.com/Jon-Hellevig

Notes:

Jon Krister Hellevig is a Finnish lawyer and businessman who has lived in Russia since the early 1990s. He is the managing partner of the Moscow-based law company Hellevig, Klein & Usov Llc.

Fryer Jonathan

Last name:

Fryer

First name:

Jonathan

Country:

United Kingdom

Versions of names:

Джонатан Фрайер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/725/jonathan-fryer

Notes:

Jonathan Fryer is a freelance journalist, working for the BBC and Middle Eastern television channels. He is the vice-president of the Liberal International British Group (LIBG) and the Chair of the Liberal Democrats’ Federal International Relations Committee. Jonathan Fryer is also a lecturer at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

Xuclà i Costa Jordi

Last name:

Xuclà i Costa

First name:

Jordi

Country:

Spain

Versions of names:

Жорди Шукла Коста

Photo:

Picture source:

http://convergencia.cat/membres/jordi-xucla-i-costa

Notes:

Jordi Xuclà i Costa is a Catalan lawyer and politician, leader of the political group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. From March 2000 to January 2004 he was a member of the Senate of Spain. From March 2004 to March 2019 - a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. From June 2008 to June 2019 he was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In March 2017, he traveled to Syria – together with Pedro Agramunt – to meet with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad backed by Russia.

Matemulane Jose

Last name:

Matemulane

First name:

Jose

Country:

Mozambique

Versions of names:

Жозе Матемулани, Хосе Матемулане

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-matemulane-90002623

Notes:

Jose Matemulane is the President of the Association for Free Research and International Cooperation, a community of "independent" researchers, experts and activists from countries all over the world. He is an Assistant Professor at the Mozambique Pedagogical University in Quelimane, had studied in four Russian universities from 2002 until 2012 and received his doctoral degree from the Saint Petersburg State University. Jose Matemulane disseminates pro-Kremlin propaganda on the social networks and maintains contacts with various Russian actors.

Lechanteux Julie

Last name:

Lechanteux

First name:

Julie

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жюли Лешанто

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197686/JULIE_LECHANTEUX/home

Notes:

Julie Lechanteux is a French politician. A member of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front), she has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. At the EP, she is a member of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee, among others. Lechanteux was a Departmental Councilor for Var decentralized territorial community in France between 2015 and 2021, as well as the Deputy Mayor of Fréjus from 2014 to 2019.

Rochedy Julien

Last name:

Rochedy

First name:

Julien

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Жюльен Рошеди, Джулиан Рошеди

Photo:

Picture source:

http://nietzscheacademie.over-blog.com/2015/10/julien-rochedy.html

Notes:

Julien Rochedy is a former member of the National Front from (2006 to 2014) and a former leader of the National Front Youth - Front national de la jeunesse (2012 to 2014), a youth wing of the French National Front. In 2018, he created the École Major, an online training institute.

Zajcev Jurij

Last name:

Zajcev

First name:

Jurij

Country:

Latvia

Versions of names:

Юрий Зайцев

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.facebook.com/zajcev.jurij

Notes:

Jurij Zajcev since 2014 is member of the Daugavpils City Council

Pargov Kaloyan

Last name:

Pargov

First name:

Kaloyan

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Калоян Паргов

Photo:

Picture source:

https://news.bg/author/kaloyan-pargov

Notes:

Kaloyan Pargov is a member of the Executive Bureau and chairman of the City Council in Sofia at BSP.

Ueberhan Katarzyna

Last name:

Ueberhan

First name:

Katarzyna

Country:

Poland

Versions of names:

Катажина Уеберхан

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/posel.xsp?id=405&type=A

Notes:

In 2019 Katarzyna Ueberhan was elected to the Sejm on the list of the Democratic Left Alliance. She is also an activist for women's rights, prevention of violence and equal treatment. Member of the Congress of Women Association.

Monogiou Katerina

Last name:

Monogiou

First name:

Katerina

Country:

Greece

Versions of names:

Μονογυιού Κατερίνα / Катерина Моноги

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.eklogika.gr/page/viografika/k-monogyiou-cv

Notes:

Katerina Monogyiou was elected in the 2019 parliamentary elections as a member of the New Democracy party. Previously she ran for the parliamentary elections in 2012 and for the South Aegean local elections in 2014. Katerina Monogyiou graduated from the School of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Higher Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Crete.

Taysaev Kazbek

Last name:

Taysaev

First name:

Kazbek

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Казбек Тайсаев

Photo:

Picture source:

http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99111951

Notes:

Member of the State Duma. First Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Control over the Reliability of Information on Incomes, Property and Obligations of a Property Character Presented by Deputies of the State Duma, Mandate Issues and Issues of Deputy Ethics. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots.

Skosana Khulekani Mondli

Last name:

Skosana

First name:

Khulekani Mondli

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Versions of names:

Кулекани Мондли Скосана

Photo:

Picture source:

https://twitter.com/KhulekaniMondli/status/1415731120533082122/photo/1

Notes:

Khulekani Mondli Skosana is a youth activist who was the Secretary General of the Congress of South African Students from the year 2014 to 2017. He has been credited as the head of the International Liaison Office for the Youth League of the governing party - the African National Congress. In 2021 he travelled to Russia to participate in the International BRICS Youth Camp and appears to have personally met Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In July 2022 Khulekani Mondli Skosana appeared on Russian state media RT (Russia Today), claiming that the food crisis affecting Africa was the fault of Western sanctions on Russia and that Russia’s invasion had been caused by NATO's expansion.

Zatulin Konstantin

Last name:

Zatulin

First name:

Konstantin

Country:

Russia

Versions of names:

Константин Затулин

Photo:

Picture source:

http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99100158

Notes:

Konstantin Zatulin is a Russian politician, 1994-1995, 2003-2007, 2007-2011, 2016-2021 (est.)member of the State Duma, the first deputy chairman of the committee of the State Duma for the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and relations with Russian nationals abroad.

Kuzmin Konstantin

Last name:

Kuzmin

First name:

Konstantin

Country:

Ukraine (DPR)

Versions of names:

Константин Кузьмин

Photo:

Picture source:

http://oddr.info/people_from/frakcii

Notes:

Deputy of "People’s Council" of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic", Colonel of the "People’s Police".

Andronikou Konstantinos

Last name:

Andronikou

First name:

Konstantinos

Country:

Greece

Versions of names:

Константинос Андранику

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=557013633&rlz=1C1GCEA_enBD1043BD1044&hl=en&sxsrf=AB5stBhZExDybXfHs_r-HPHRkJN0O3YHNg:1692080970888&q=Konstantinos+Andronikou&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLuc3phN6AAxUaODQIHdMoA2MQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1098&bih=561&dpr=1.75

Notes:

Konstantinos Andronikou is a Political Analyst. His LinkedIn profile indicates that he was a Special Assistant To the Mayor at the Municipality of Almopia in Greece until August 2022. Prior to this, he was a ‘freelance Government Relations manager’ in Moscow, a research fellow at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and a ‘partner’ at Russian state media outlet Russia Beyond The Headlines.

Isihos Kostas

Last name:

Isihos

First name:

Kostas

Country:

Greece

Versions of names:

Костас Исихос

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.pontos-news.gr/ru/article/129977/kostas-isihos-govorit-o-massovoy-evakuacii-grekov-iz-mariupolya-prezhdevremenno

Notes:

Kostas Isihos is a former Deputy Minister of National Defence and MP of Greece (2015). He illegally travelled the occupied territory of the Crimean peninsula in 2015 and 2016. 2015 he resigned from SYRIZA (the Coalition of the Radical Left) and joined the Popular Unity.

Roman Kris

Last name:

Roman

First name:

Kris

Country:

Belgium

Versions of names:

Крис Роман

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/conversation-kris-roman-leader-euro-rus

Notes:

Kris Roman is a former member of the far-right Vlaams Blok and founder of the fringe Euro-Rus association, which promotes the idea of a "white Europe" from Gibraltar to Vladivostok. He regularly comments for the pro-Kremlin media.

Avlokhova Kristina

Last name:

Avlokhova

First name:

Kristina

Country:

Georgia (South Ossetia)

Versions of names:

Кристина Авлохова / Christina Avlokhova

Photo:

Notes:

Kristina Avlokhova is the secretary of the “Central Election Commission” of the unrecognised "Republic of South Ossetia".

Wåhlander Kristofer

Last name:

Wåhlander

First name:

Kristofer

Country:

Sweden

Versions of names:

Кристофер Валландер, Кристофер Воландер

Photo:

Picture source:

https://kristoferwahlander.com

Notes:

Kristofer Wåhlander is a is a Swedish conductor, who has been active in Russia for many years. He founded the Saint Petersburg Festival Orchestra in Russia in 2001. In the fall of 2018, he also took over as a principal of the School of Culture in the municipality of Kävlinge.

Khugblaim Kuku Mavule

Last name:

Khugblaim

First name:

Kuku Mavule

Country:

Togo

Versions of names:

Куку Мавуле Хугблейм

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Friamediabank.ru%2Fmedia%2F8284948.html&psig=AOvVaw0qwKTHBR2uOUK7zCgUfX9d&ust=1695072585624000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBEQjhxqFwoTCNCeiq_MsoEDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

Notes:

Kuku Mavule Khugblaim is reported by the Russian media as a member of the Union for the Republic party and an observer at the parliamentary elections in Togo in 2018, but no mention of this could be found elsewhere.

Müürsepp Kurmet

Last name:

Müürsepp

First name:

Kurmet

Country:

Estonia

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ba-gChVYBA

Gyamfi Kwesi

Last name:

Gyamfi

First name:

Kwesi

Country:

Ghana

Versions of names:

Квеси Гьямфи, Abrantei Kwesi Gyamfi

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.m24.ru/videos/politika/25092022/505088

Notes:

Kwesi Gyamfi is a freelance journalist and media personality from Ghana. He works with Opinion Radio Int. - a UK-owned and Ghanaian-based online radio station.

Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni Kyriakos

Last name:

Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni

First name:

Kyriakos

Country:

Cyprus

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oscepa/23939702318

Hollænder Lars Peder Bjørndal

Last name:

Hollænder

First name:

Lars Peder Bjørndal

Country:

Denmark

Versions of names:

Ларс Педер Бьорндал Холлэндер / Lars Borndau Hollender

Photo:

Notes:

Lars Borndau Hollender is a former OSCE Missions member on Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (Warsaw).

Kemény László

Last name:

Kemény

First name:

László

Country:

Hungary

Versions of names:

Ласло Кемень, Ласло Кемени

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6rAOr2fapA

Notes:

László Kemény is a professor of political science, a former commissioner of the Hungarian Government for the Coordination of the Development of Eastern Relations (2006 - 2009) and an advisor to the parliamentary fraction of the Hungarian Socialist Party.

Popović Lazar

Last name:

Popović

First name:

Lazar

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Лазар Поповић, Лазар Попович, Lazar Popovic

Photo:

Picture source:

http://mger2020.ru/nextday/2016/11/21/89636

Notes:

Lazar Popović is a member of the Presidium of the Serbian People's Party and a Secretary of the Departmental Committee for International Relations.

Tsavdaridis Lazaros

Last name:

Tsavdaridis

First name:

Lazaros

Country:

Greece

Versions of names:

Лазарос Цавдаридис

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/fr/Vouleftes/Viografika-Stoicheia/Olimpia%20Teligioridou%20(facebook)?MPId=4896dcc3-a903-49e8-8072-72ff22525f94

Notes:

Lazaros Tsavdaridis is an MP in Hellenic Parliament, was elected MP in Imathia for New Democracy Party at the elections of 2007. In 2012 he was elected as a Deputy Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of New Democracy and a Chairman of the Greek-Ukraine Friendship Group of Hellenic Parliament. From April 2014 he is Member of the Hellenic Delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO. He is attorney at Law by profession.

Nicolian Leo

Last name:

Nicolian

First name:

Leo

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Лео Николян, Лео Николиан, Léo Nicolian,

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.google.ru/search?q=L%C3%A9o+Nicolian+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi4lZnS6rGBAxVthP0HHUW9DbgQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=L%C3%A9o+Nicolian+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDIECAAQHlCHBViHBWDQDmgAcAB4AIABfIgBvgGSAQMxLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=IAoHZbiFHu2I9u8Pxfq2wAs&bih=679&biw=1396&hl=en#imgrc=XW8X1Gf_3kDyBM

Notes:

Leo Nicolian is a French journalist, pro-Russian blogger, and conspiracy theorist of Lebanese origin.

Yihai Li

Last name:

Yihai

First name:

Li

Country:

China

Versions of names:

Ли Ихай

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.beltandroadhk.com/index-eng.html#speaker

Notes:

Li Yihai is a Secretary-General and Executive Director of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Think Tank Foundation (SASS TTF) and a Senior Fellow and Co-Director at the International Joint Center for Security and Crisis Management (SCM).

Yongquan Li

Last name:

Yongquan

First name:

Li

Country:

China

Versions of names:

Ли Юнцюань

Photo:

Picture source:

https://russiancouncil.ru/en/rucn2016

Notes:

Li Yongquan is dean of the School of International Relations of the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and chairman of All-China Association for the Study of East Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (Beijing). A graduate of Moscow State University, he served as Moscow corespondent of Guangming Daily.

Davtyan Liana

Last name:

Davtyan

First name:

Liana

Country:

Armenia

Versions of names:

Лиана Давтян

Photo:

Beglaryan Lilit

Last name:

Beglaryan

First name:

Lilit

Country:

Armenia

Versions of names:

Лилит Бегларян

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.hhk.am/ajax/persons.php?id=1450&language=ru

Notes:

Lilit Beglaryan is a Member of the RPA Council. She coordinated international programs at Youth Fund of Armenia (2013-2018) and was a chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Relations of RPA Youth Organization (2015). In 2018 she was elected as Vice Chairperson of Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC), based in Brussels.

Radinović Ljubomir

Last name:

Radinović

First name:

Ljubomir

Country:

Serbia

Versions of names:

Любомир Радинович

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.rodina.ru/novosti/part-chronika/Radinovich-prokommentiroval-prigovor-suda-CHernogorii-po-tak-nazyvaemomu-gosperevorotu

Notes:

Ljubomir Radinović is the chairman of the Society of Russian-Serbian-Montenegrin Friendship and chairman of Voronezh branch of the party "Rodina". He has been living in Voronezh since 1999.

Radeva Lora

Last name:

Radeva

First name:

Lora

Country:

Bulgaria

Versions of names:

Лора Радева

Photo:

Notes:

Lora Radeva is a human rights defender.

Blennies Lorato Venus

Last name:

Blennies

First name:

Lorato Venus

Country:

Republic of South Africa

Versions of names:

Винус Лорато Бленнис

Photo:

Picture source:

https://www.romanna.net/another-mec-for-the-northern-cape/

Notes:

Lorato Venus Blennies is a South African politician who has been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Youth, Women, Disability, Communication and E-Government of the Northern Cape and a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature since October 2022. Blennies is a member of the African National Congress.

Aliot Louis

Last name:

Aliot

First name:

Louis

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Луи Альо

Photo:

Picture source:

https://rassemblementnational.fr/elu-a-la-une/louis-aliot

Notes:

Louis Aliot is a French politician and a lawyer by profession. He is the Vice-President of the National Rally / Rassemblement National (former National Front) since 2011. In 2020 he got elected as the Mayor of Perpignan. From 2014 to 2017 he was a member of the European Parliament. From 2017 to 2020 he was a member of the National Assembly of France.

Blaskova Lubica

Last name:

Blaskova

First name:

Lubica

Country:

Slovakia

Versions of names:

Ľubica Blašková, Любица Блашкова

Photo:

Picture source:

https://domov.sme.sk/c/7061724/lubica-blaskova-stiahla-kandidaturu-na-prezidentku.html

Notes:

Ľubica Blašková was a candidate for President of the Slovak Republic in the 2014 elections. In the beginning, she was the only female candidate. She did her university studies in Moscow. Blašková is the President of the Slovak Association of Graduates of Russian and Soviet Universities.

Oerthel Luc

Last name:

Oerthel

First name:

Luc

Country:

France

Versions of names:

Люк Ортель

Photo:

Picture source:

https://information.tv5monde.com/international/guerre-en-ukraine-les-gens-racontent-leur-desespoir-165198

Notes:

Luc Oerthel is a journalist and a correspondent for TV5 MONDE.

Bellotti Luca

Last name:

Bellotti

First name:

Luca

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Люка Беллотти

Photo:

Picture source:

http://www.vita.it/it/article/2011/05/06/chi-e-luca-bellotti/108916

Notes:

Luca Bellotti is a former Italian MP (2001-2013). He was an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies of the Berlusconi IV Government (2011).

Romagnoli Luca

Last name:

Romagnoli

First name:

Luca

Country:

Italy

Versions of names:

Люка Романьоли

Photo:

Picture source:

https://raccontidipatria.wordpress.com/partiti-politici-di-destra-sociale/fiamma-tricolore/luca-romagnoli

Notes:

Luca Romagnoli is an Italian politician and former MEP (2004-2009). He has been a National Secretary of the Social Right (Destra sociale) since 2013 and a National Secretary of the Social Movement Fiamma Tricolore from 2002 to 2013. In 2013, the Central Committee of Tricolour Flame distrusted Luca Romagnoli because he joined the "Movement for National Alliance" without having sought the opinion of the Committee. Following the expulsion from Tricolour Flame, Romagnoli founded his new political movement - Social Right.

Garcia Lucas Adrian

Last name:

Garcia

First name:

Lucas Adrian

Country:

Argentina

Versions of names:

García Lucas Adrián, Лукас Адриан Гарсия

Photo:

Picture source:

https://ar.linkedin.com/in/lucas-adri%C3%A1n-garc%C3%ADa-0a7337a2

Notes:

Lucas Adrián García is a social entrepreneur and an advocate for the political participation of young people. His work has mainly focused on the promotion of the 2030 SDG Agenda and since 2018 he has been the president of the Youth Forum for the SDGs in Argentina. He has acted as a deputy for youth parliaments in Argentina and he has been selected as a representative of Argentina in youth parliaments, summits, and universities in different countries in Latin America.