Goran Petronijevic
Versions of names: Petronijević Goran, Горан Петраневич
Serbia
Goran Petronijević is a Serbian lawyer and former judge. He is the founder of the Movement for Serbia, the media outlet Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express) and the non-governmental organization Center for the Restoration of International Law.
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
From 8 to 10 September 2023, the Russian forces organised widely condemned regional and municipal elections in the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The results were largely rejected by the international community, with North Korea and Syria being the only ones to explicitly recognise them.