Michal Iľkanin
Versions of names: Ян Брняк
Slovakia
Michal Iľkanin is the head of the Svidnyk District Office, chairman of the Regional Tourism Organization (KOCR) of Northeast Slovakia, and a candidate from Obyčajní ľudia (OĽANO) political party. He is also a popular Slovak actor. In 2020 he funded a backlight to the memorial to the Red Army in Svidnik, Slovakia, for which he received a medal from the Representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Slovakia.
Corresponding elections
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.