Panagiotis Lafazanis
Versions of names: Панайотис Лафазанис
Greece
Panagiotis Lafazanis is a Former Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy of Greece. He was a leader of a new Greek left-wing political party, Popular Unity, from 2015 until his resignation in 2019. Lafazanis has expressed his support for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, and even his electoral poster was decorated with the Russian military symbol "Z". In January 2023, he founded a new Russophile party called the Democratic Movement of National Liberation.
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.