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Patrick Poppel

Versions of names: Патрик Поппель
Austria

Patrick Poppel was until 2019 the general secretary of the Austria-based pro-Kremlin Suvorov Institute that pursues a nationalist, anti-liberal and anti-Western agenda. He is currently the general secretary of the Austrian-Abkhazian Society. In 2016-2017, Poppel was a regular contributor to the Russian, fiercely anti-Western website Katehon established by the Russian ultranationalist businessman Konstantin Malofeev who sponsored the initial separatist activities in Ukraine in the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In 2016, Poppel demonstrated in Vienna holding a flag of the so-called "Novorossiya" (New Russia), a non-existent separatist state allegedly located within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine. In January 2018, Poppel co-hosted a visit of Russian fascist Alexander Dugin to Vienna.

Missions

Individual observers at the 2018 Russian presidential election in annexed Crimea

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the Austria-based pro-Kremlin Suvorov Institute

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

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the Austria-based pro-Kremlin Suvorov Institute

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Individual observers at the 2019 presidential elections in the unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the Suvorov Institute in Vienna

Я не смог заметить ничего, чтобы выставило эти выборы не легитимными. Печально, что из других стран многие говорят, не признавать эти выборы, и наличие самой страны их не устраивает. То, что я увидел здесь за несколько дней, что здесь нахожусь, что государство действительно работает, демократические принципы гарантированы.

http://archive.is/kBIIo#selection-2085.1-2085.324 (2019-08-26)
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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 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.
Presidential Election Unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia 2019
illegitimate
The so-called Republic of Abkhazia, located within the internationally recognised borders of Georgia, held “presidential elections” on 25 August and 8 September 2019. The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise the sovereignty of the Republic of Abkhazia, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.