Janus Putkonen
Versions of names: Янус Путконен
Finland
Janus Putkonen is a Finnish journalist. He founded the so-called DONi-News media company disseminating disinformation and propaganda from Donetsk.
Putkonen moved to Donetsk in summer 2015. Currently he is in Lugansk. He is the chief editor of the Uusi MV-Lehti - a Finnish online news website.
Corresponding elections
illegitimate
On 11 November 2018, the so-called Lugansk 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 Lugansk People’s Republic, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.
illegitimate
From 23 to 27 September 2022, the Russian forces organised a sham election process - pseudo-referendum as a pretext for the formal annexation of the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson by Russia. The annexation of the four regions was announced on 30 September 2022.