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Andreas Maurer

Versions of names: Андреас Маурер
Germany

Andreas Maurer is a German politician. Between 1992 and 2006 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Maurer joined Die Linke / The Left party in 2011, successfully running for council in the town of Quakenbrück, the Artland collective municipality and the District of Osnabrück in the same year. In 2016 he became the head of the Die Linke / The Left party's faction in Quakenbrück's District Council. In June 2018, he was sentenced for election fraud in western Germany.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2018 Russian presidential election in annexed Crimea

identified

Die Linke / The Left

Institutional affiliation to municipal council of Quakenbrueck

I’m very glad that representatives from Cyprus, France and other countries have come…I should say that we have been given all the opportunities, there are no restrictions.

https://tass.com/world/994794 (2018-03-18)
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Individual observers at the 2018 general elections in the unrecognised Lugansk People’s Republic

identified

Die Linke / The Left

Institutional affiliation to municipal council of Quakenbrueck

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EPDE correspondence

Corresponding elections

Presidential Election Russia Crimea 2018
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.
Presidential Election Unrecognized Lugansk People's Republic 2018
illegitimate
On 11 November 2018, the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, located within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine, held “elections” to elect a head of the “republic” and members of its “parliament”. The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise the sovereignty of the Lugansk People’s Republic, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.