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Janusz Niedźwiecki

Versions of names: Janusz Niedzwiecki / Януш Недзвецкий
Poland

Janusz Niedźwiecki is the President of the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), a non-profit Brussels-based organisation. In 2015-2016, he was associated with the non-registered pro-Russian political party "Change" (Zmiana). He took part, as a coordinator, in the workings of the “electoral monitoring mission” Political Initiative. After “observing” the Ukrainian regional elections, he plunged into pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian activities. The Russian disinformation resource Sputnik News would present him as a “Polish independent commentator”. In 2017 Niedźwiecki took part in the congress of the pro-Kremlin National-Bolshevik movement “Essence of Time”, founded and headed by Sergey Kurginyan.

Missions

ECDHR observers at the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary elections

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Institutional affiliation to the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR)

I have observed elections in many countries of the world, including Europe. Elections in Azerbaijan are well organised legally and technically. I have not recorded any violations. The representative of the opposition party also admitted the absence of any violations. This is an indicator of transparency.

http://archive.is/hKfsp#selection-771.1-771.305 (2020-02-15)

Я наблюдал за выборами во многих странах, включая страны Европы. Выборы в Азербайджане организованы хорошо как с законодательной, так и с технической точек зрения. Никаких нарушений я не зафиксировал. Представитель оппозиционной партии также признал отсутствие каких-либо нарушений. Это является показателем прозрачности.

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Political Initiative at the Local & Regional Election Ukraine 2015

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Institutional affiliation to the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR)

Мы находимся в процессе написания писем в Совет Европы и Европарламент для того, чтобы эти органы вынесли правовую оценку и обратились в ЦИК Украины. Мы намерены предложить проведение новых выборов, потому что количество нарушений и их масштаб ставит большой знак вопроса относительно результатов прошедшего голосования

https://ria.ru/20151119/1324605168.html (2015-11-19)
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International experts observing elections on the 2017 Russian single voting day

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Institutional affiliation to the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR)

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Corresponding elections

Parliamentary Election Azerbaijan 2020
legitimate
On 9 February 2020, Azerbaijan held parliamentary elections. They were originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, but were brought forward after parliament was dissolved in December 2019.
Local & Regional Election Russia 2017
legitimate
Election Day was held on September 10, 2017. 82 out of 85 of Russia's regions took part in the voting. Only in Saint Petersburg, Republic of Ingushetia and Magadan Oblast no elections took place
Local & Regional Election Ukraine 2015
legitimate
On 25 October 2015 local elections took place in Ukraine. The elections were conducted a little over a year since the 2014 snap local elections, which were only held throughout parts of the country. A second round of voting for the election of mayors in cities with more than 90,000 residents where no candidate gained more than 50% of the votes were held on 15 November 2015. Because of the ongoing conflict in East Ukraine and the February 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, local elections were not conducted throughout all of the administrative subdivisions of Ukraine/