Ulf Grönlund

Versions of names: Ульф Гренлунд, Ульф Грёнлунд

Sweden

Political activity

Ulf Grönlund is an entrepreneur from Sweden, 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. He founded his company "Roxor Industry" in 1992, which survived all the economic crises of modern Russia and continues its business development these days.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2018 Russian presidential election in annexed Crimea

Political affiliation at time of mission: No affiliation

Official function at time of mission: Institutional affiliation to the company "Roxor Industry"

Corresponding elections

Presidential Election Russia Crimea 2018

Classification: illegitimate

The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered Russian elections held in Crimea as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there. In their turn, Ukrainian authorities warned that any participation in the electoral process in Crimea would be illegal.