Sofia Vasilyevskaya

Versions of names: София Васильевская
Latvia

Sofia Vasilyevskaya is a blogger originally from Latvia. After living in Latvia, Germany and Austria, she moved to Belarus due to unsatisfactory economic conditions and human rights protection in the EU.

Missions

International "observers" and "experts" observe the 2024 Russian Presidential Elections

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Quoted from the Russian media Gazeta Ru, this statement sought to strengthen the Russian propaganda about Ukrainian 'provocations', and international 'observers' played the role of the innocent witnesses. The participation of international observers was intended to lend credibility to the electoral process, encompassing both Russian territory and the Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia.

Vasilievskaya [...] said that she saw the moment of the impact in the morning together with Palmeri. According to her, the drone attack was carried out “with the aim of hitting the civilian population.” “This is a violation of any rules, which is what we are trying to convey to Europe. That’s why we came here, to show what’s really going on [in Energodar].” [Translated from Russian]

Corresponding elections

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During the “presidential elections” held in Russia from 15-17 March 2024, Vladislav Davankov (“New People” party), Nikolay Kharitonov (Communist Party), Vladimir Putin, and Leonid Slutsky (Liberal-Democratic Party) competed for the presidency. Enabled to run yet again by controversial constitutional amendments effective 4 July 2020, Putin dominated the “elections” together with his controlled “opposition” excluding genuine opposition figures. These “elections” occurred under Putin’s regime control, both within Russia and illegally in occupied Ukrainian territories, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, ARC and Sevastopol.