Richard Gretzinger
Versions of names: Рихард Гретцингер
Germany
Richard Gretzinger is a far-right German politician in Berlin and a member of the “Russian Germans for the AfD” group within the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. Being a Russian-German himself, he aims at winning the electoral support of Russian-speaking migrants.
Corresponding elections
illegitimate
On 11 November 2018, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, located within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine, held “elections” to elect a head of the “republic” and members of its “parliament”. The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise the sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.