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Olga Petersen
Versions of names: Петерзен Ольга, Ольга Петерсон
Germany
Olga Petersen is a German politician of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) / Alternative for Germany. She is an assessor on the regional board of the AfD Hamburg and deputy chair on the district board of Harburg. In the elections in Hamburg 2020, Petersen was elected to the senate. With 4,018 votes, she achieved the third best result of the AfD Hamburg candidates. Petersen opposes environmental, nutritional and sexual education at school, "left-wing gender policy", and vaccination obligations. She advocates financial relief for freelance midwives. After her visit to observe 2024 Russian presidential elections, the AfD has initiated party expulsion proceedings against Olga Petersen.
Corresponding elections
legitimate
The 8th parliamentary election in Russia was held from 17 to 19 September 2021. With the exception of the election in Russia-annexed Crimea, this election is considered legitimate. The election held in Crimea is internationally considered to be an illegitimate election, see more on this on the election page 2021 Russian parliamentary election in annexed Crimea. Opposition candidates and independent observation of the election were prohibited and experts called this the dirtiest election in Russia's history.
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.