Alina Gerlinya

Versions of names: Алина Герлиня, Alina Gerlina

Latvia

Political activity

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.

Missions

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

Political affiliation at time of mission: not identified

Official function at time of mission: Institutional affiliation to Baltnews Latvia

Quotes regarding this election

Latvian citizen Alina Gerlina, who lives in Russia, came as a “foreign observer” to the pseudo-referendum in Donetsk (DPR) and gave an interview to the Russian propaganda news agency RIA Novosti. In the interview, Gerlina said that she was afraid to come to Latvia, because she was sure that she would be arrested at the border and put in a pre-trial detention center. In her opinion, the actions of the European Union are a violation of freedom of speech and movement. [Translated from Russian]

Source link & date: https://rus.tvnet.lv/7614790/boyus-ehat-domoy-grazhdanka-latvii-poehala-v-doneck-nablyudat-za-referendumom (2023-09-15)

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.