Jaromir Vasek

Versions of names: Jaromír Vašek, Jiří Vašek

Czech Republic

Political activity

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.

Missions

Individual Observers at the 2022 pseudo-referendum for the formal annexation of occupied territories of Luhansk to Russia

Political affiliation at time of mission: not identified

Official function at time of mission: Institutional affiliation to Naše pravda newspaper

Official function: Institutional affiliation to the Society of Friends of the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donbas People's Republic

Quotes regarding this election

On Friday, the TASS agency reported on Jaromír Vašek, who it said claimed that he had not noticed any vote tampering in Luhansk and "everyone is ready to vote for joining Russia." [Translated from Czech]

Source link & date: https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/zahranicni-anexe-v-patek-naznacuji-ruska-media-40409766 (2023-09-03)

Corresponding elections

Referendum Election Ukraine Occupied territories 2022

Classification: illegitimate

From 23 to 27 September 2022, the Russian forces organised a sham election process - pseudo-referendum as a pretext for the formal annexation of the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson by Russia. The annexation of the four regions was announced on 30 September 2022.