Elie Rizq

Versions of names: Ели Ризак, Elie Rizk; Эли Ризк
Lebanon

Elie Rizq was a Lebanese participant of the Russian World Youth Festival in 2024 who came to Crimea to be an observer during the Russian presidential elections. He is a junior lawyer at YAZ.CONSULT - a Lebanese law firm.

Corresponding elections

Presidential Election Russia Occupied Territories 2024
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.

Missions

International "observers" and "experts" observe the 2024 Russian Presidential Elections

identified

Institutional affiliation to YAZ CONSULT



This quote was published by the Russian media Vybor Naroda to report about the presence of international observers at the Russian presidential elections held from March 15 to 17, 2024. The presence of international observers legitimizes the elections held both in Russia and in Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories.

The meeting was attended by international experts: [...] Eli Rizak from Lebanon. During the meeting, such important topics as the involvement of young people in political processes, the role of public observation of elections, ensuring the security of remote electronic voting, as well as the issue of the possibility of voting for people with disabilities were discussed. [Translated from Russian]

http://vybor-naroda.org/lentanovostey/258398-v-krym-pribyli-mezhdunarodnye-nabljudateli-iz-chetyreh-stran.html (2024-08-25)