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
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.