Manuel Ochsenreiter

Manuel Ochsenreiter was a German journalist. He was an editor for the Deutsche Militärzeitschrift / German Military Journal and the far-right magazine Zuerst! /  First!. He was a regular commentator for the Russian state-controlled RT and Sputnik websites. 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 the German 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. In August 2021 he died in Moscow as a result of a heart attack.