Yvan Benedetti
Versions of names: Иван Жан-Батист Бенедетти
France
Yvan Benedetti is the spokesperson for the French neo-fascist party “The Nationalists” (Les Nationalistes) since 2015. In 2011 he was excluded from the National Front after an interview where he described himself as "anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic, anti-Jew" only to later head the L'Œuvre - ultranationalist group that was banned by the Ministry of the Interior the next year for street violence.
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.
illegitimate
During the “presidential elections” held in Russia from 15-17 March 2024, Vladislav Davankov (“New People” party), Nikolay Kharitonov (Communist Party), Vladimir Putin, and Leonid Slutsky (Liberal-Democratic Party) competed for the presidency. Enabled to run yet again by controversial constitutional amendments effective 4 July 2020, Putin dominated the “elections” together with his controlled “opposition” excluding genuine opposition figures. These “elections” occurred under Putin’s regime control, both within Russia and illegally in occupied Ukrainian territories, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, ARC and Sevastopol.