Bernhard Ulrich Oehme

Versions of names: Бернхард Ульрих Ейме

Germany

Political activity

Ulrich Oehme is a German politician and a member of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. He became a member of the national board of the AfD Sachsen in 2016. In the 2017 general election, he was elected to the German Bundestag and served until 2021. Together with Björn Höcke and André Poggenburg, he belongs to the right-wing nationalist wing of the AfD party.

In 2018 Ulrich Oehme "observed" the illegitimate elections in Crimea. According to the research, published by SPIEGEL and the ARD political magazine "Contrasts" in June 2020, this trip was financed by the Russian parliament.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2018 Russian presidential election in annexed Crimea

Political affiliation at time of mission: identified

Party’s name: Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany

Official function at time of mission: Member of the national parliament of Germany

EPDE correspondence

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.