Gianfranco Vestuto
Versions of names: Джанфранко Вистуто
Italy
Gianfranco Vestuto is an Italian journalist and the leader of a minor right-wing political party, Lega Sud Ausonia, which was founded as a sister party to Lega Nord before splitting. In addition, since 2013 he has been the editor-in-chief of a pro-Russian news site, Russia News. Between 2011 and 2013 he was the Director of the newspaper "La Nostra Gazzetta".
Corresponding elections
illegitimate
From 23 to 27 September 2022, the Russian forces organised a sham election process - pseudo-referendum as a pretext for the formal annexation of the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson by Russia. The annexation of the four regions was announced on 30 September 2022.