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Manuel Ochsenreiter

Versions of names: Мануэль Оксенрайтер
Germany

Manuel Ochsenreiter is an editor of the far-right magazine "Zuerst!" He is a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled RT and Sputnik website. He took part in several politically biased monitoring missions (e.g. illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea in March 2014, “general elections” in the DPR in November 2014 and “primary regional elections” in the DPR in October 2016). Ochsenreiter worked as a consultant for Markus Frohnmaier, a member of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, from the AfD and a strong proponent of lifting EU sanctions imposed on Russia. In 2019, Ochsenreiter has been accused of ordering a firebombing in Ukraine.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2018 general elections in the unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the far-right magazine "Zuerst!"

Очень важно, что люди пришли показать свою гражданскую позицию вопреки Киеву. Я увидел, что в ДНР соблюдены все мировые стандартны избирательного процесса. Эти выборы, наверно, даже больше соответствуют мировым стандартам в США.

https://www.donetsk.kp.ru/online/news/3292841 (2018-11-11)
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Corresponding elections

Presidential Election Unrecognized Donetsk People’s Republic 2018
illegitimate
On 11 November 2018, the so-called Donetsk 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 Donetsk People’s Republic, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.