Arnaud Develey
Versions of names: Арно Девеле
France
Arnaud Develey is a lawyer, political commentator of the Russian state media, and reviewer of the Geopolitika.ru online platform.
Missions
Individual Observers at the 2022 pseudo-referendum for the formal annexation of occupied territories of Kherson to Russia
not identified
Institutional affiliation to Geopolitika.ru
Residents of Donbass perceive the referendum on joining Russia as a great relief, French observer Arnold Devali told 360. He visited polling stations in the Moscow region and noted that voting was taking place as usual. [Translated from Russian]
Corresponding elections
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.